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====== FFT scaling factor ====== | ====== FFT scaling factor ====== | ||
- | What's often confusing about the FFT is that the transform seems to have numbers that are too big. Let's call this the "FFT scale factor" | + | What's often confusing about the [[https:// |
When trying to understand this, the uninitiated user will google something like "FFT scale factor" | When trying to understand this, the uninitiated user will google something like "FFT scale factor" | ||
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- | The answer is yes, sort of. First off, remember what the first " | + | The answer is yes, sort of. First off, remember what the first " |
If you really do care about the absolute power in the frequency-domain bins, you might want to divide by N. Maybe you care about the total energy. Oh wait, you should sum the bins, then divide by N one time! Now it's faster for you, too. Maybe you only care about the energy of the strongest bin. Just divide that one bin by N and ignore the others! | If you really do care about the absolute power in the frequency-domain bins, you might want to divide by N. Maybe you care about the total energy. Oh wait, you should sum the bins, then divide by N one time! Now it's faster for you, too. Maybe you only care about the energy of the strongest bin. Just divide that one bin by N and ignore the others! | ||
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~~LINKBACK~~ | ~~LINKBACK~~ | ||
~~DISCUSSION~~ | ~~DISCUSSION~~ | ||
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blog/2019/0225_fft_scaling_factor.txt · Last modified: 2022/10/20 16:17 by davek