Re: reducing peak size to fit

[Sergei Steshenko]

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> From: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
> To: Rick T <address@hidden>
> Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 12:13 PM
> Subject: Re: reducing peak size to fit
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>>  From: Rick T <address@hidden>
>> To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> 
>> Cc: address@hidden 
>> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 10:55 AM
>> Subject: Re: reducing peak size to fit
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>> I made this picture does this help explain it?
>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6576402/questions/peaks.png
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>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Sergei Steshenko 
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>>> --- On Sat, 11/24/12, Rick T <address@hidden> wrote:
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>>> From: Rick T <address@hidden>
>>> Subject: reducing peak size to fit
>>> To: address@hidden
>>> Date: Saturday, November 24, 2012, 12:23 AM
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>>> Greetings All
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>>> I have a signal http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6576402/questions/peaks.png
>>> In which sharp peaks are produced.  Is there a way for me to bring the 
> amplitude of these peaks down to be more in range of the overall signal 
> average?
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>>> Thanks
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>>> You question doesn't make sense to me.
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>>> Generally speaking, you are asking how to filter your signal; filtering 
> can be linear or non-linear.
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>>> It is impossible to recommend a filter unless it is known what kind of 
> signal is expected.
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>>> Regards,
>>>   Sergei.
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> I saw the picture at the time of reading your original post.
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> My statement still stands.
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> It seems to me you do not what filtering is and what kind of filtering can be 
> applied in what cases.
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> Regards,
>   Sergei.
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For starters, read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matched_filter . Maybe you'll 
better understand after that what and why your queestion doesn't quite make 
sense to me.

Regards,
  Sergei.


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