Publisher's Synopsis
STAEDT is a versatile, powerful program for simulation of datasignals and processes on personal computers. Engineers and studentsuse it for analysis and evaluation of communications systems. Thispackage includes the complete STAEDT software on disk, plus areference manual, Simulation Techniques: The STAEDT Program.A companion textbook, Simulation Techniques: Models ofCommunication Signals and Processes, explains the principles ofsimulation of signal transmission.
A simulation with STAEDT is conducted as follows:
- A user identifies STAEDT commands for each block of a system tobe simulated. The STAEDT library contains over 100 modular commandsthat implement signal processes such as filters, modulators, datasources, noise generators, nonlinear amplifiers, detectors, errorcounters, correlators, Fourier transforms, and many moreelements
- With the aid of STAEDT 's menus, the user prepares a commandlist to model the communications link
- The user specifies parameters for each command; parametersdefine the characteristics of each of the blocks in the link
- A simulation engine in STAEDT executes the command list; asimulated signal is passed through each of the commands just as anactual 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 commandlist
The reference manual provides instructions for installation ofSTAEDT , rules for preparing command lists, methods of using themenus, 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 Windows95/98/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
