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Home Innovazioni White Paper

Acquiring an Analog Signal: Bandwidth, Nyquist Sampling Theorem, and Aliasing

Updated Feb 26, 2021

Panoramica

Learn about acquiring an analog signal, including topics such as bandwidth, amplitude error, rise time, sample rate, the Nyquist Sampling Theorem, aliasing, and resolution.

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Topics Covered

What is a Digitizer
Bandwidth: corner frequencies, calculating amplitude error, calculating rise time
Sample rate: Nyquist sampling theorem, aliasing
Resolution and precision

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