Questions tagged [frequency-domain]
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Extract frequency data from MP3 file
I want to do frequency analysis of audio data, basically trying to figure out what the notes are in a song algorithmically. The standard approach is to decode the MP3 into PCM data and run it through ...
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Generating a phase modulation frequency spectrum with jitter
I would like to produce a frequency spectrum plot like this:
(from All About Circuits)
I know that one can take the modulation frequency and multiply it by a given order and scale by the modulation ...
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What is the result of fourier transform of an image
I am new to computer vision and Fourier transform concept. I have examined some codes. In those codes, an image is performed Fast Fourier transform by using the function ...
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How to get PSD from frequency domain representation of time-series data [duplicate]
Let's say we have a realization (time-series data) of a random process. I take fft() of that to get its frequency domain representation. Then how can I estimate the PSD of this random process by ...
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I have 3 ECG files imported to Matlab via csv files and plotted in time domain, how to i plot the same 3 signals in the frequency domain?
I have 3 ECG files imported to Matlab via csv files and plotted in time domain, how to i plot the same 3 signals in the frequency domain in order to see the powerline interference at 50HZ?
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How to match resolution of two or more signals
I have received the following 4 time-series signals and wanted to do some data analytics using these. Although the sampling is the same for all of these signals, 2 samples per second, problem is that ...
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Circular Convolution Matrix of $ {H}^{H} {H} $
We all know that Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) corresponds to circular (not linear) convolution. That is to say, if $x(n),h(n)$ and $y(n)$ is the original signal, the filter and output signal in ...
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Analysis of linear acceleration and angular velocity, how to?
Excuse me If you don't feel that this question is good enough, but at the moment this is my level of entry knowledge.
Imagine that you have 200 recordings from the sensors, and information that you ...
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Purpose of multiplying fft output by Hann window?
I'm working with some acoustic propagation models at the moment.
A feature I've noticed in 2 of these models is that the output of the model is often multiplied by a Hann window in the frequency ...
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Encoder: Quantization in Frequency Domain
The article, "Let’s build an MP3-decoder!" describes quantization noise in the time domain:
[masking] This property is very useful: not only can the nearby
masked signals be removed; the audible ...
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Amplitude Estimating Using a Windowed DFT
Let's say we want to estimate the amplitude A of a mono-frequent signal using a windowed DFT. The frequency of the signal is unknown, and the frequency resolution of the DFT is limited, thus it cannot ...
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Normalized cross-correlation in frequency domain
I never worked with signal processing and never really used Fourier transforms before, still I am working on a project consisting on taking the output of an accelerometer to detect some movement ...
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Why is the size of results from FFT half the size of the input, while that is not the case in image processing?
When dealing with real data, Fourier Transform produces symmetric results and FFT algorithms discards half of it. An input with 1024 points will yield only 513 points in the output.
However, in image ...
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Frequency Domain - Meaning [duplicate]
I'm new in digital signal processing and having hard time understanding this. By Fourier Transform I mean Discrete Fourier Transform as it's the only one I'm learning.
As far as I know Fourier ...
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LP to BP transformation steps
Considering the following problem, What i know to convert from LP signal to BP signal is to:
Draw the FD of the LP equation
From it I can draw the FD for BP
From this graph I can deduce the equation ...
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How do I warp a 1 dimensional signal in frequency domain?
I want to implement VTLN (Vocal Tract Length Normalization).
It is equivalent to warping the signal in the frequency domain according to the following graph.
I can't wrap my head around how one ...
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Visualising OFDM subcarriers in the frequency domain
Im struggling to understand why in some images the frequency domain shows clear bars with amplitude and phase and with 0 frequency variation (it is clear that the frequency of the waves does not ...
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Sampling with an alternating impulse train
The have the following question:
A signal $m(t)$ with bandwidth 500Hz is first multiplied by a signal
$g(t)$ where $\displaystyle g(t)=\sum_{k=-\infty}^{\infty}(-1)^k \delta(t-0.5*10^{-4}k)$. The ...
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How to interpret correlation angle from frequency domain
Since the coefficient of one frequency could be seen the length of the signal projects on that frequency basis.
And the length is
$$|a|\cos\theta= \frac{a\cdot b}{|b|} $$
If I divide the ...
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Is it right to talk about dynamic range on frequency domain?
I'm comparing three frequency response's plots from simulations and experiments and I observed that two of them look like clamped to a DC component, where the max dB value is i.e. 100 and the min is ...
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Counting blinks of a LED
I'm working on an algorithm that counts blinks of a LED. I have series of non-neagtive integers. They represent brightness of a LED in time. I give you two examples of these integer series below. ...
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Break a signal into segments, add them together and then perform an FFT on the result
If you break a 4 second signal into 0.5 second segments, add them together and then perform an FFT on the resultant 0.5 second data.
Will the FFT / frequency spectrum be the simlar to an FFT on the ...
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Why do frequencies of analog signals range from $-\infty$ to $\infty$ while frequencies of digital signals are restricted to $[0,2\pi]$?
In Fourier analysis while dealing with discrete-time signals, frequencies range from $0$ to $2\pi$ why? Intuitively how can i understand it?
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Computation of the Inverse DCT (IDCT) Using DCT Or IFFT
Is there a way to compute the inverse discrete cosine transform (type-2) by leveraging either a DCT, FFT, or IFFT algorithm? I have seen ways to compute the DCT using FFTs, and I've seen ways to ...
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Understanding the frequency domain [duplicate]
I'm trying to understand what frequency domain is. I found general explanations on the Internet, for example:
frequency-domain graph shows how much of the signal lies within each given frequency band ...
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Convolution Offset and Factor in Frequency Domain
See this link. The following Convolution in Spatial domain code is written in C#.
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Finite and Infinite support in time and frequency domain
It's known that signals with a finite support in time has an infinite support in frequency (talking about Fourier Transforms).
A common example that is given for the claim is the triangle function ...
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why transmitting a long pulse its spectrum gets spread?
I'm transmitting an RF signal with a CC1101 at 440 MHz.
This signal is a constant of 1, so the spectrum should be a delta.
Using a SDR dongle, I've checked the spectrum and it's wider than a delta ...
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Bilateral Laplace transform and existence of Fourier transform
I was reading from Athanosios Papoulis' "The Fourier integral and its applications." and they referenced the bilateral Laplace transform and Fourier Transform as:
$$F(p)=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{-pt}...
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Complex FFT reversing
I've succeeded to compute complex FFT of a data array of interleaved values using the arm_cfft_f32() API of the CMSIS DSP library for Cortex-M4, and got in the same array the FFT results as frequency ...
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Is there a criterion that says at what point you can distinguish 2 partially overlapping Lorentzian peaks?
If you have 2 Lorentzian peaks that partially overlap and you have some frequency resolution df (your points in frequency space are separated by df) and both Lorentzian peaks have FWHM $\Gamma$ is ...
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Why does the frequency in the DFT have to be an integer?
I don't know why the result of DFT and FFT in MATLAB like below images..
fs=128;
t=0:1/fs:1-1/fs;
x=cos(2*pi*3.5*t);
X=fft(x);
N=length(x);
n=0:N-1;
f=fs*n/N;
plot(f,abs(X)/N);
If I set the ...
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Plot Background Noise
I am a total newbie in signal processing.
I have been trying to plot on simulink a time/frequency domain noise in PLC (Powerline Communication) that matches a real-world research "...
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How to calculate a delay between two signals in frequency domain?
Calculation of a delay between two signals is generally done by finding the maximum in the cross-correlation of the two signals (in time domain):
$$
\tau_{delay} = \arg\max_\limits{t}(f(t) \star g(t))
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What is the best spline to interpolate freq analiser graph
the question is as it is in the topic: What is the best spline to interpolate freq analiser graph?
I am looking something simply and fast to implement. I read about catmull-rom it looks it could be ...
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Why are LTI filters not able to output frequencies not present at the input?
I know this a very basic question but I'm just having troubles understanding why.
Thanks in advance!
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FFT radix-2 in audio - resolution issues - logarithmic scale - sample rate VS buffer size
I would like to ask how to deal with audio DSP. Is FFT good at all to deal with audio? I am working on an app, that generates a single impulse, rout it to an EQ plugin, and the output of the plugin is ...
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characterization of DC component
Consider the following two statements:
In time axis:
A signal without a DC component is a signal which doesn't have the zero frequency (the DC frequency)
A signal without a DC component is averaged ...
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Discontinuities in the FFT
So I am taking the Fast Fourier Transform of the following function:
$$ x[n] = \displaystyle\sum\limits_{i=0}^{5} A_{i} \cos\left(\frac{\omega_{i}}{\omega_{s}} n + \phi_{i}\right) $$
Where the ...
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When listening in to an AM signals of various frequencies, how do we exactly tune in?
Alright, so I read on AM and Double Sideband AM, but I don't the more fundamental idea - the frequencies.
Frequency is just: $ \frac{1}{T} $, where T is period
So difference between 5 Hz and 30 Hz ...
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Simulation of FMCW radar in frequency domain
I would like to simulate a FMCW radar in the frequency domain. I used the code (Matlab) I attached below. Specially I am interested in the phase spectrum of the beat signal. In a further research I ...
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Convolution and Modulation Theorem with Octave Example
As far as I know, convolution theorem stated that
$$
x[n] * y[n] = X(e^{j \omega}) Y(e^{j \omega})
$$
$$
X(e^{j \omega}) * Y(e^{j \omega}) = x[n] y[n]
$$
I tried a simple experiment using GNU Octave ...
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Convolution of BPSK signal in frequency domain implementation
Here is the simplified version of code which implement convolution of BPSK-signal in frequency domain:
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Meaning and unit of frequency in Laplace (Fourier) transform
Imagine transfer function obtained by Laplace transform, for example:
$G(s) = \dfrac{1}{s+1}$
Now, I would like to do some frequency analysis, so I replace the $s$ with $\omega i$ (let's consider ...
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Does each pixel of the original image has a corresponding coefficient for every scale and every direction calculated by the DWT?
I want to take a pixel and find its coefficients calculated by the discrete wavelet transform for every scale and every direction. But as the DWT subsamples images, I don't see how to do that. Do I ...
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Is it possible to apply a frequency filter a time domain signal?
Is it possible to frequency filter a time domain signal, without converting the signal to a frequency domain..
My question comes in regards how MFCC according to wiki and other pages describe the ...
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Fourier transform
Fourier transform of a DC signal is an impulse at the origin.
Now if the spectrum of a signal is the plot of the amplitudes of the respective frequencies of each harmonic, then the Fourier transform ...
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Closest two frequencies that can be resolved
Forgive me if I misuse the terminology.
I wish to transmit two slowly changing analogue signals by amplitude modulating two higher frequency sinusoidal carrier waves. I will superimpose the two AM ...
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Convert fixed frequency bandwidth samples to time domain
I'm trying to convert signal (bandwidth 1400 MHz, start freq 9300 MHz, stop freq 10700 MHz, step 3.5 MHz) from frequency domain to time domain. Signal data in frequency domain, as well as signal data ...
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Stationary signal: time-domain vs frequency domain
If I understand correctly, a signal is stationary if:
time domain: it's generated from the same distribution at each instant time.
frequency domain: its frequency content does not change in time.
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