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Software Filtering of an ADC input

Started by Andrew Leech March 7, 2004
--- In , karl.lunt@a... wrote:

> You can get an excellent tool for characterizing various filters from
> Nuhertz Technologies (www.nuhertz.com). I used their Filter Free

Ta, will have a look when time permits.

> One aspect of this filtering discussion that needs mentioning is sample
> rate.
> You can have an excellent filter algorithm set up, and lose all
> benefits from it by sampling at the wrong rate.

The theory says to sample at least at twice the frequency of interest, I believe in oversampling a tad, just in case.

One of the reasons lenghty algoritms can be counter productive, you can run out of CPU cycles real quick even when dealing with things happening on a geological time scale. Cheers,

Theo



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