Tag: noise floor

There are many reasons to measure and analyze noise. It may relate to legislation or regulations that limit noise in certain environments, we could be using the noise

Sometimes it doesn’t hurt to revisit some of the basic building blocks that form the foundation of what we do. And so we have gathered together a few

[latexpage] When one thinks of noise in a signal it is generally associated with having been added in some way to the amplitude of a signal.  This is

At least one manufacturer of data acquisition systems claims to achieve an incredibly high dynamic range (160dB) when capturing data. This is supposedly achieved by the use of

Most engineers are probably familiar with or have come across the decibel or dB as a unit of measurement. Its most common use is in the field of

In many real-world applications it is impossible to avoid “spikes” or “dropouts” in data that we record. Many people assume that these only cause problems with their data