Instrumentation 2 Flashcards
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What do ADCs do
Convert continuous analog signal to digital signal
Describe the process of sampling
Digitising analogue signals into a series of discrete scales/readings
What is sampling time
The time between each sample/reading when you are converting analogue to digital signal
When converting analogue to digital signal, what would be the change to the amount of information you have/accuracy of the conversion if the sampling time was small
If the sampling time is small this means that when converting to digital, you are taking lots of samples (you will have more information/curve will be more accurate).
What is the equation for sampling frequency
Fs = 1/sampling time (Ts)
Digital signals have a minimum voltage change they can detect - true or false
True - digital signals have finite resolution (unlike continuous signals which have an infinite range).
What number system does digital system use
Binary
What is the equation for how many voltage steps a ADC can detect
N = 2^M
N - number of voltage steps a ADC can detect
M = number of bits in the ADC
How do you know how many bits are in a digital wave
By looking at the numbers on the Y axis and seeing how many values there are (i.e 10 = 2, 100 = 3)
What is the equation for the minimum voltage change an ADC can convert
ΔV = Vref / N
V ref - maximum voltage change the ADC can measure
N = number of voltage steps the ADC can detect
What is V ref in regards to ADC
maximum voltage change the ADC can detect
How do you find the V ref when looking at a ADC wave graph
This will be the highest number on the Y axis
What two things is the accuracy of the ADC dependant on
Sample frequency and resolution (number of bits)
What must the sampling rate be of ADC in order to capture all the frequencies in the wave
The sampling rate must be 2 times larger then the largest frequency in the wave
Fs > 2B
What does it mean for a signal to be ‘completely determined’ in ADC
A signal can be classified ‘completely determined’ is there is no frequencies in the signal that are higher then the bandwidth of the signal (B)
This doesn’t mean that the samples alone are the full signal, it means that we can get the full signal back from the conversion if we need too (because we haven’t lost any frequencies).
What must the ADC sampling rate be is the analogue maximum frequency is 500Hz
Sampling rate must at least be 1000Hz
How can analogue filters be used to help in ADC
They can be used before digitisation to ensure the input analogue signal doesn’t contain frequencies above the Nyquist limit (if there were signals above the Nyquist limit then these wouldn’t be able to be digitalised by the ADC)
When are digital filters used in a circuit
These are used after an analogue signal is digitised to remove any irrelevant parts of the signal
What is the usual pass band of a filter used in ECG
150Hz
What is the ideal frequency response for a unity gain buffer
Gain of 1 or 0dB
What is the corner frequency
This is the point when the attenuation of a signal is 3dB
Explain how you would draw a high pass filter
Axis: Y axis Gain, X aixs Frequency (Hz)
The ‘stop band’ will begin at low numbers, have a transition period beginning with the ‘transition band’ then will plateau off creating the ‘pass band’ at higher numbers after the ‘corner frequency’
Explain how you would draw a low pass filter
Axis: Y axis Gain , X aixs Frequency (Hz)
The ‘pass band’ will begin at high numbers, have a transition period beginning with the ‘corner frequency’ then will plateau off creating the ‘stop band’ at lower numbers after the ‘stop band’
Explain how you would draw a band pass filter
This will look like a mountain
Axis: y axis = Gain. X axis = frequency (Hz)
The ‘pass band’ will be at the peak of the mountain.