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SCC-LP Series Lowpass Filter Modules User Guide
Using the SCC-LPXX as an Antialiasing Filter
Aliasing, a phenomenon of voltage-sampling systems, causes a 
high-frequency signal to take on the identity of a low-frequency signal.
Figure 7.  Aliasing of an Input Signal Frequency of 0.8 Times the Sampling Rate
The solid line depicts a high-frequency signal being sampled at the 
indicated points. However, when these points are connected to reconstruct 
the waveform, as shown by the dotted line, the signal appears to have a 
lower frequency. Any signal with a frequency greater than one half of the 
sampling rate will be aliased and incorrectly analyzed as having a 
frequency below one half of the sampling rate. This limiting frequency, 
one half of the sampling rate, is known as the Nyquist frequency.
To prevent aliasing, you must remove all of the signal components with 
frequencies greater than the Nyquist frequency from an input signal before 
you sample it. When you sample the data and aliasing occurs, it is 
impossible to accurately reconstruct the original signal.
The SCC-LPXX removes these high-frequency signals before they reach 
the E Series DAQ device and cause aliasing. Because the SCC-LPXX 
stopband begins at ten times the cutoff frequency (for an attenuation of 
80 dB), the Nyquist frequency should be at least ten times the cutoff 
frequency. Thus, the rate at which the E Series DAQ device samples a 
channel should be at least 20 times the filter cutoff frequency.
For example, if you use the SCC-LP01, which has a cutoff frequency of 
25 Hz, you can calculate the minimum scan rate used by the E Series DAQ 
device to prevent aliasing—25 Hz 
× 20 = 500 samples per second per 
channel.
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