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From a DSP point of view, is there a lower limit on the number of hours of speech needed to train a neural net [closed]
From a DSP practitioner's point of view, is there a lower limit on the number of hours of speech needed to train a neural net to translate speech to text? An estimate from CMU is 3000-5000 hours for ...
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One sided frequency spectrum (Matlab vs. Origin)
There are a lot of queries on fft frequency all over the web. I guess the following point not discussed anywhere explicitly. Hope someone can provide an insight here.
If we have and even number of ...
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Absolute convergence of periodic sinc interpolation
An $N$-periodic complex discrete-time sequence $[x_0, \dots, x_{N-1}]$ can be resampled to an $M$-periodic sequence $[y_0, \dots, y_{M-1}]$ with $M>N$, using sinc interpolation:
$$\begin{align}y_m ...
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Shannon-Nyquist theorem reconstruct 1Hz sine wave from 2 samples
Lets say I want to set the minimal sampling rate to reconstruct a 1Hz sine wave, according to the Nyquist-Shannon theorem that states that the maximum recoverable frequency is Fs/2 i.e. we must sample ...
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Why is the high-pass filter result in a discrete wavelet transform (DWT) downsampled?
From Wikipedia's description of the Discrete Wavelet Transform, a signal yields a set of:
approximation coefficients (low-pass: by averaging + downsampling)
detail coefficients (high-pass: convolving ...
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Nyquist Frequency on semi-unevenly sampled data
I have a data set that has 'kind of' constant sampling rate - it switches between 1 min and 2 min. About 70% of the times, samples are taken every 1 minute, and about 30%, samples are taken every 2 ...
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Effect of Nyquist frequency on Fourier transformed data
Upper plot is the original data's plot, and the bottom plot is Fourier transformed data. For the bottom plot, x-axis is the frequency and y-axis is the amplitude. I don't understand the weird behavior ...
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Nyquist Maximum data rate formula for PCM
The Nyquist maximum data rate formula for a binary PCM is given by
$$C = 2B\log_2L$$
I'm not very sure what "$B$" is here. Is it the bandwidth of the signal being sampled or is it the channel ...
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Calculate aliasing of $x_a(t) = \cos{(2\pi300t)} + \cos(2\pi600t)$ when sampled with $F_s = 1000$
I'm asked to sample the signal
$$x_a(t) = \cos{(2\pi300t)} + \cos(2\pi600t)$$
with sampling frequency $F_s = 1000$ and plot the magnitude spectrum for the resulting sampled signal.
My thinking is ...
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In the Sampling Theorem, why are the image frequencies at n*fc not a problem?
In this example I have been working through, we first look at the situation when fs > 2fc and then the situation when it isn't:
In the example, the frequency responses of a sampled sinusoid at fc = 5 ...
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Aliasing from downsampling and Nyquist
In a book Conceptual Wavelets in Digital Signal Processing by Lee Fugal 2009 on page 246 the author talks about aliasing present in DWT subbands due to downsampling by 2 and states:
Recall from DSP ...
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Practical Signal Processing by Mark Owen Exercise 2.1. and 2.2
The following exercises don't have answers in Practical Signal Processing by Mark Owen. What is the author looking for here? A mathematical proof?
2.1 A cosine wave of frequency f is sampled at $t = ...
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relation between Nyquist sampling theory and regression
Regression is mainly about estimating a function when only a finite number of samples of the function are available. Theories usually care about asymptotic performance as the number of samples tends ...
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What exactly is captured in a Sample of the Nyquist-Theorem variety?
I'm new to DSP and was thinking of sampling in the traditional music creation way, in that you capture a sound and play it back, warp it, etc., but when I thought about the Nyquist theorem, I realized ...
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Nyquist Plot for transfer functions with poles at the origin
I'm learning Nyquist plots and something has been seriously bugging me when treating poles or zeros in the origin. Nyquist plots obtains information based on the argument principle which states
"If f(...
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How to select the sampling frequency when the input signal frequency is not known
I am trying to observe the noise produced by UPS present in our lab, under no load (a normal running condition when its power is on). As I don't know its frequency range, I have randomly chosen 4 ...
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Amplitude Response at greater than half the sampling frequency
I am hoping to clear up some confusion I have. In a lab I am taking, we analyzed the amplitude response of a simple system. We found that as we increased the input signal frequency to greater than ...
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Minimum sample frequency that allows reconstruction of information signal but VIOLATES Nyquist?
Say in the frequency spectrum, you have an information signal between (-100, 100) Hz, and a noise signal between (-700, -500) and between (500, 700) Hz. What is the minimum possible sample frequency ...
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Nyquist frequency , sampling distance
I have few questions I tried to solve regarding nyquist theorem, and I would like to see your opinion if I'm doing it correctly?(one I know the answer second one not sure).
1.Let $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ be ...
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Nyquist sampling
I know that if $f_\mathrm{m}$ is the "Nyquist frequency" (max frequency) and $f_\mathrm{s}$ sampling rate then $f_\mathrm{s}>2f_\mathrm{m}$.
Am I correct so far?
I have a signal $x(t)$ with max ...
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Do Nyquist samples have the same sum as the integral of the signal?
Assume I sample a signal according to the Nyquist criterion. Then I perform a simple summation / integral over a linearly interpolated signal. Is this equivalent to the integral over the continuous ...
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Why are patterns repeated in the frequency-power graph of a periodic signal?
The original question was posted here.
I have a signal, which I'd like to treat as a non-continuous function now, let it be $signal(t)$. It looks like this:
Zoomed in a bit:
I create a Lomb-Scargle ...
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Nyquist Rate (Sampling Frequency) for $ {f}^{2} \left( x, y \right) $
We are given that $f(x,y)$ is highest frequency is $\omega$ what will be the frequency sample rate if we want to restore the function of the form $g(x,y)=f^2(x,y)$
Would it be correct to say that ...
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Why does a higher sampling frequency mess up my bandpass filter?
I was designing a bandpass filter in python using some of the scipy.signal modules.
I am plotting the frequency response of my filter to verify that my desired frequency is in the passband. However, ...
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Calculate bandwidth of a signal for Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem
I have to calculate the minimum sampling frequency for the Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem which is Fc > 2*B, where B is the signal bandwidth.
I have this signals: $\text{sinc}^5(t/2 - 4)$ and $\...
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Proving Nyquist Sampling theorem for strictly bandlimited signals
I understand that the Nyquist sampling theorem dictates that the minimum sampling frequency, $f_s$, be s.t. $f_s > 2B$, where $ B $, is the bandwidth of the signal. I have read the explanation for ...
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Effective Nyquist frequency / signal resolution for overlapping time averaged signal samples
Say that I have a continuous signal. If I sample the signal at sampling rate f_sample, then the highest signal frequency that I can resolve without worrying about ...
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What does the frequency band mean when it comes to finding aliases?
The time signal which i'm trying to find the aliases for is:
$$x:{\mathbb R}\rightarrow {\mathbb R}\\\ x(t)=\cos(50t) +2\cos(70t).$$
If the sample period is $T_s = \frac{\pi}{60}$ then according ...
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Number of discrete samples required for the longest wavelength
I am trying to understand the effect of the critical Nyquist frequency when applying the Goertzel algorithm for estimating the power spectrum of a discrete signal. (Goertzel doesn't really matter, ...
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Frequency spectra of a sampled process
I have a process $X$ with frequency spectra
I sample this process with sampling frequency $f_s = 2$.
What will the frequency spectra $R_z(f)$ of the sampled process $Z$ look like? I realize that ...
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Higher order harmonics during sampling
I am studying about the sampling theorem in conjunction for ADC. I got little confused while reading about aliased frequencies. I see that as per the Nyquist theorem, the sampling frequency (fs) ...
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Is it possible to lose half the samples, and yet see the full spectrogram as the original signal?
Consider an speech audio signal sampled at 16,000 samples per second. Plot its spctrogram.
If we delete every other sample from input signal, we get y[n] = x[2n] for all n.
It seems that if we plot ...
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Follow up question regarding: “Complex sampling can break Nyquist?”
I'm having some trouble understanding the sample rate limitations when considering a complex baseband signal.
I understand (based on the linked SE questions below), the either (1) physically ...
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Minimum Channel Bandwidth for PCM
Please check if my answer to GATE IN 2010 question 11.20 is correct/can be improved upon.
So, every $\frac{1}{f_s}$ sec, a sample is taken. The signal amplitude is quantized into $2^n$ levels such ...
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Passband vs Baseband Bandwidth
Bandwidth is the difference between the upper and lower frequencies in
a continuous band of frequencies. A key characteristic of bandwidth is
that any band of a given width can carry the same ...
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Nyquist Stability Test
Currently I'm learning about Nyquist Stability Test and I'm few days stuck on one thing and I don't understand that so I wanted look here for help.
Given is transfer function $K\frac{2s-11}{s(s^2+s+...
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Nyquist Theorem adding two same frequency near to Nyquist Frequency with phase shift
This is my first question on this platform. Sorry if I made mistakes.
What happens if we add two or more same frequency signals near to Nyquist Frequency with phase shift and sample them?
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Discrepancy in stability conditions when calculating via RH criterion and Nyquist criteria
I have the following open loop transfer function for a unity feedback system.
$$G(s)=\frac{K(s+20)^2}{s^3}$$
1.When using RH criterion it can be easily proved that the closed loop transfer function ...
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Nyquist Theorem - Why unique frequencies upto Fs/2 and not Fs? f+Fs is start of Aliasing
If any frequency, f, displays an alias at f + Fs, This shows that unique frequencies have a range of Fs. Why does Nyquist theorem say that actually there is only half of this with unique frequencies ...
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Digital Filter Design using difference equations
I am reading a chapter on digital filter design from analog filter design using difference equations. What they do first of all is that they map $s$ (Laplace variable) to $z$ ($z$-transform) by the ...
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What is Faster Than Nyquist signaling?
Faster than Nyquist signaling is used to improve the spectral efficiency by reducing the time spacing (relaxing the orthogonality constraint) to pack more data in the same channel while tolerating a ...
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Applying Nyquist's sampling theorem to a real signal
I'm struggling to fully understand the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem.
For some message input signal $m(t)$ that is infinite in time (i.e. is not identically $0$ for any interval $t_1<t<\...
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Is it possible to discretely sample the function
I had a few questions on sampling(I'm quite new witht his), I tried to answer them, I think that I did the first one correct , but not sure about the 2 other:
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given the next functions,Is it possible ...
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How do ADC/DACs deal with out of sync signals near Nyquist frequency?
Let's say a converter is sampling continuously at 48 kHz and the incoming waveform is a sine wave at 24 kHz... How does it faithfully recreate the waveform if the samples are taken at points that are ...
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Understanding the conditions for recovering a discrete time signal through sampling
So, we had a very brief introduction to the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem (the discrete time version).
While discussing this, we have seen that multiplying a discrete time signal $x[n]$ by an ...
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Distortion of a signal consisting of two periodic components
We have a signal
$$x(t)=U_1\cos\omega_1t+U_2\cos\omega_2t$$
whose frequencies are $f_1=100\,\text{Hz}$ and $f_2=600\,\text{Hz}$. This signal is being discretisated in time using unipolar ...
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A voice signal is band-limited to 3.3 kHz. What is the Nyquist frequency?
I'm having a some trouble with an assignment I have to do. I don't come from electrical engineering background and would appreciate any help I can get.
"A voice signal is band-limited to 3.3 kHz. ...
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Conditions for representing (perfectly) an analog signal as a digital signal
Consider the following cases:
Sampling with a frequency of the "signal's central frequency"
Sampling a BP signal with twice the frequency of the signal BW.
Sampling an LP signal with the highest ...
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How to classify filters?
In class, we have defined four types of filters: low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and band-stop. I have understood that in order to classify a filter into one of the fourth, one can use the signals:
DC:...
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Stability of open-loop transfer function from its Nyquist plot
I am facing a confusion on understanding system open-loop transfer function stability from its Nyquist plot.
According to the formula, for open loop transfer function stability: $$Z=N+P=0$$
where $N$ ...
