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Subject: Sensor noise
From: Barry Lotz barry_lotz@.............
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:12:21 -0800 (PST)


All
I have successfully used a running fft to sense signal frequency component =
changes and used this as a trigger mechanism for an event. Could one use th=
e=A0 ( I guess you call it ) power spectrum of the signal just before and d=
uring the event to remove the noise? I guess you would have to use the same=
 time window so the frequencies would compare. Could it be a simple subtrac=
tion of the "before" from the "during"? This would assume that the backgrou=
nd noise didn't change in the period during an event. This could be better =
than trying to shape a multi pole filter to eliminate the noise. I have fou=
nd that often a portion of the event signal is in the same frequency range =
as the noise.=A0=20

Regards
Barry
All
I have succes= sfully used a running fft to sense signal frequency component changes and u= sed this as a trigger mechanism for an event. Could one use the  ( I g= uess you call it ) power spectrum of the signal just before and during the = event to remove the noise? I guess you would have to use the same time wind= ow so the frequencies would compare. Could it be a simple subtraction of th= e "before" from the "during"? This would assume that the background noise d= idn't change in the period during an event. This could be better than tryin= g to shape a multi pole filter to eliminate the noise. I have found that of= ten a portion of the event signal is in the same frequency range as the noi= se. 

Regards
Barry

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