The relationship between sample rate and maximum frequency that can be analysed (called bandwidth) is a factor of 0.4. Or to look at it another way the sampling rate is 2.5 times the maximum analysis frequency.
The value of 10,000 Hz is multiplied by 2.5 to allow for an anti-alias filter during the capture of the data. An anti-alias filter is set to 0.4 of the sample rate, thus the bandwidth or frequency content that can be studied is 0.4 of the sample rate.
For example, when looking to study a frequency up to 10,000 Hz what sample rate should be used?
So we multiply by 2.5…
10,000 Hz x 2.5 = 25,000 Hz
So the sample rate should be 25,000 samples per second to allow frequencies of up to 10,000 Hz to be studied.
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James Wren
Former Sales & Marketing Manager at Prosig
James Wren was Sales & Marketing Manager for Prosig Ltd until 2019. James graduated from Portsmouth University in 2001, with a Masters degree in Electronic Engineering. He is a Chartered Engineer and a registered Eur Ing. He has been involved with motorsport from a very early age with a special interest in data acquisition. James is a founder member of the Dalmeny Racing team.
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Hi james!
Very useful indeed, thanks again.
I’m curious about upsampling and downsampling too.
Hi Novalife,
Thanks for your comments, we’ll try to create a small article on up sampling and down sampling in the near future for you.
Please be sure to check the Prosig blog at blog.prosig.com. It will be announced there in the near future.