Wiley The STÆDT Program

Product Description STAEDT is a versatile, powerful program for simulation of data signals and processes on personal computers. Engineers and students use it for analysis and evaluation of communications systems. This package includes the complete STAEDT software on disk, plus a reference manual, Simulation Techniques: The STAEDT Program. A companion textbook, Simulation Techniques: Models of Communication Signals and Processes, explains the principles of simulation of signal transmission. A simulation with STAEDT is conducted as follows: A user identifies STAEDT commands for each block of a system to be simulated. The STAEDT library contains over 100 modular commands that implement signal processes such as filters, modulators, data sources, noise generators, nonlinear amplifiers, detectors, error counters, correlators, Fourier transforms, and many more elements With the aid of STAEDT ′s menus, the user prepares a command list to model the communications link The user specifies parameters for each command; parameters define the characteristics of each of the blocks in the link A simulation engine in STAEDT executes the command list; a simulated signal is passed through each of the commands just as an actual signal passes through a physical communications link Output to screen, file, or printer consists of waveforms, spectra, BER estimates or other data as specified in the command list The reference manual provides instructions for installation of STAEDT , rules for preparing command lists, methods of using the menus, complete details on each command, and extensive examples (additionally furnished as sample command lists on the disk). Computer requirements: Personal computer, with CD drive, running Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME or NT4/2000/XP/Vista Adobe Acrobat Reader (for PDF reference manual) (Optional) Microsoft Visual Basic 6, for preparing new, user–written commands. Not needed for ordinary operations From the Back Cover A program for personal–computer simulation of data–signal transmission STÆDT (Simulation Tools for Analysis and Evaluation of Data–Signal Transmission) is for communications engineers who work with the transmission or storage of data signals. The program contains a large number of "commands" that model processes such as signal generation, filtering, modulation, detection, and error counting. A user selects applicable commands and assembles them into a "command list," a model of the system to be simulated. A simulation engine executes the command list, producing numerical and graphical data. Once a simulation has been prepared and verified, its parameters can be modified easily and new results produced quickly, allowing engineers to explore a variety of solutions to a problem in a minimum amount of time. CD Contents Includes a 400+ page manual in electronic format User interface for preparation of command lists Simulation engine for execution of command lists Illustrative command–list files Files to assist production of user–written commands Source code for signal–process commands System Requirements Personal computer, with CD drive, running Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME or NT4/2000/XP Adobe Acrobat Reader (for PDF reference manual) (Optional) Microsoft Visual Basic 6, for preparing new, user–written commands. Not needed for ordinary operations Companion Book Available J. D. Baker and F. M. Gardner, Simulation Techniques: Models of Communication Signals and Processes, New York: Wiley, 1997, ISBN 0–471–51964–2. Explains principles of modeling of data signals and processes. About the Author John D. Baker worked for many years as a software engineer in communications, signal processing, and simulation. Currently he is at Indiana Universiy, applying his knowledge of technology to the teaching of mathematics. Floyd M. Gardner is a consulting engineer active in electronics and communications. He is the principal of Gardner Research Company, a Fellow of the IEEE, a registered Professional Engine