Digital Filter Design

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mrn22

Joined Feb 16, 2022
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Use an analog lowpass with a corner at 3.5 kHz. and the digital algorithm on the output of the LPF. That's what I would do.
Thank you ! I have been doing exactly same. Instead of using analog LPF with cutoff 3.5 KHz , I am using digital LPF with cutoff of 3.5 KHz (sampling rate of 1 MHz) and it is works well. However, the digital HPF is not working and i suspect it's because of Low cutoff (1.1Hz) and high sampling rate (1 MHz).
 

Ian0

Joined Aug 7, 2020
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Roll-off frequencies shall not deviate more than 0.2 dB, the number of poles required is 2 ( 40dB / decade).
Since when did we measure frequency in dB?
0.2dB in amplitude would be 2.5%. A Sallen and Key filter is as accurate as its resistors and capacitors, and you should be able to find 1% tolerance capacitors without too much trouble.
What is the specification for the Q? or is it Bessel, Butterworth or Chebyshev?
 

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mrn22

Joined Feb 16, 2022
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Since when did we measure frequency in dB?
0.2dB in amplitude would be 2.5%. A Sallen and Key filter is as accurate as its resistors and capacitors, and you should be able to find 1% tolerance capacitors without too much trouble.
My bad. I meant the amplitude. I am trying to replace an existing analog filter with a digital filter. I would definitely use Sallen and Key filter if I were designing an analog Filter.
 

Papabravo

Joined Feb 24, 2006
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My bad. I meant the amplitude. I am trying to replace an existing analog filter with a digital filter. I would definitely use Sallen and Key filter if I were designing an analog Filter.
Look! In words of one syllable or less: you cannot replace an analog filter with a digital one. It just won't work. The problem is aliasing -- look it up. The analog front end cannot be eliminated, so don't even bother trying.
 

Papabravo

Joined Feb 24, 2006
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True.
But with a 1MHz sample rate, the upper alias frequency would be 500kHz, so you should just need a simple 1-pole, low-pass RC filter at somewhere above 3.5kHz in front of the A/D.
No argument there. Still the thrust of the TS's post is the elimination of any analog contribution at all.
 

crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008
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If you think the sample frequency is the problem with the low frequency HP filter, can't you just average the A/D samples (say a running average of 10-100 samples) to give a lower sample frequency to work with for the digital filter?

Edit: Correction - A moving average is done for all samples sequentially, it doesn't have a specific number of samples as I stated above.
 
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mrn22

Joined Feb 16, 2022
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If you think the sample frequency is the problem with the low frequency HP filter, can't you just average the A/D samples (say a running average of 10-100 samples) to give a lower sample frequency to work with for the digital filter?
Moving average (running average) is a low pass filter right?
 
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