The Nyquist Theorem says that you must sample a signal at two times its fastest frequency, right? However, even if you do that, aliasing on an oscilloscope can still occur! Aliasing is when a fake signal shows up on the screen due to undersampling of the original signal. Aliasing can happen for several reasons, even on an oscilloscope with enough sample rate.
The most common cause is that the sample rate drops on longer time bases. In this video, learn from James what the REAL theorem says, what aliasing looks like, and how to avoid it in your work.
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#0:00 Welcome to Workbench Wednesdays
#0:36 Bald Engineer's Sampling Explainorem
#2:02 Aliasing Examples
#4:16 Why Aliasing Can Happen
#7:06 Sample Rate
#antialiasing #oscilloscope
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