Does Anyone Ever Squelch To Get A Better Impedance Measureme

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Bret Cahill

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Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?


Bret Cahill
 
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?
This seems to work on SPICE.


Bret Cahill
 
On Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:49:39 PM UTC-7, Bret Cahill wrote:
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

Then gently remove the higher frequency, and wash
the wound with warm soapy water, and apply a clean
bandage.
 
On 2011-04-14, Bret Cahill <BretCahill@peoplepc.com> wrote:
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?
That seems fairly non-obvious to me. how is a low frequency better for
measuring the impedance of a twisted pair?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?
I'm tring to picture a squelch switching at some high frequency and
failing. Perhaps you mean something different?

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Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

That seems fairly non-obvious to me. how is a low frequency better for
measuring the impedance of a twisted pair?
Somehow "inductance" got left out.

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?

I'm tring to picture a squelch switching at some high frequency and
failing.  Perhaps you mean something different?
The squelch working at a high frequency.

Whenever the absolute value of the 2nd derivative of current, or for
that matter, the absolute value of the 1st derivative of voltage, is
above a threshold value both voltage and current signals are set to
zero.


Bret Cahill
 
On 2011-04-15, Bret Cahill <BretCahill@peoplepc.com> wrote:
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

That seems fairly non-obvious to me. how is a low frequency better for
measuring the impedance of a twisted pair?

Somehow "inductance" got left out.
That is evident. where was it supposed to go?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?

I'm tring to picture a squelch switching at some high frequency and
failing.  Perhaps you mean something different?

The squelch working at a high frequency.

Whenever the absolute value of the 2nd derivative of current, or for
that matter, the absolute value of the 1st derivative of voltage, is
above a threshold value both voltage and current signals are set to
zero.
That sounds like a great way to inject noise at a yet higher frequency
into an otherwise working system, I can't immagine whay you'd want to
do that.

--
⚂⚃ 100% natural
 
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

That seems fairly non-obvious to me. how is a low frequency better for
measuring the impedance of a twisted pair?

Somehow "inductance" got left out.

That is evident. where was it supposed to go?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?

I'm tring to picture a squelch switching at some high frequency and
failing.  Perhaps you mean something different?

The squelch working at a high frequency.

Whenever the absolute value of the 2nd derivative of current, or for
that matter, the absolute value of the 1st derivative of voltage, is
above a threshold value both voltage and current signals are set to
zero.

That sounds like a great way to inject noise at a yet higher frequency
into an otherwise working system
Would that be true if the squelching was digital?

I can't immagine whay you'd want to
do that.
To get the inductance.


Bret Cahill
 
On Apr 17, 3:41 am, Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

That seems fairly non-obvious to me. how is a low frequency better for
measuring the impedance of a twisted pair?

Somehow "inductance" got left out.

That is evident. where was it supposed to go?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?

I'm tring to picture a squelch switching at some high frequency and
failing.  Perhaps you mean something different?

The squelch working at a high frequency.

Whenever the absolute value of the 2nd derivative of current, or for
that matter, the absolute value of the 1st derivative of voltage, is
above a threshold value both voltage and current signals are set to
zero.

That sounds like a great way to inject noise at a yet higher frequency
into an otherwise working system

Would that be true if the squelching was digital?

I can't immagine whay you'd want to
do that.

To get the inductance.

Bret Cahill
Yes, I squelch from time to time, esp when I read my electricity bill.


Hardy
 
On Apr 16, 11:41 am, Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

That seems fairly non-obvious to me. how is a low frequency better for
measuring the impedance of a twisted pair?

Somehow "inductance" got left out.

That is evident. where was it supposed to go?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?

I'm tring to picture a squelch switching at some high frequency and
failing.  Perhaps you mean something different?

The squelch working at a high frequency.

Whenever the absolute value of the 2nd derivative of current, or for
that matter, the absolute value of the 1st derivative of voltage, is
above a threshold value both voltage and current signals are set to
zero.

That sounds like a great way to inject noise at a yet higher frequency
into an otherwise working system

Would that be true if the squelching was digital?

I can't immagine whay you'd want to
do that.

To get the inductance.

Bret Cahill
I've obviously come in late here in comp.dsp, so there may be
something I missed that would make this rational. As it stands with
me, the question is ludicrous. You are evidently attempting to make an
electrical measurement by blinding your instruments to both voltage
and current. Can you explain how that's assumed to work?

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
 
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

That seems fairly non-obvious to me. how is a low frequency better for
measuring the impedance of a twisted pair?

Somehow "inductance" got left out.

That is evident. where was it supposed to go?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?

I'm tring to picture a squelch switching at some high frequency and
failing.  Perhaps you mean something different?

The squelch working at a high frequency.

Whenever the absolute value of the 2nd derivative of current, or for
that matter, the absolute value of the 1st derivative of voltage, is
above a threshold value both voltage and current signals are set to
zero.

That sounds like a great way to inject noise at a yet higher frequency
into an otherwise working system

Would that be true if the squelching was digital?

I can't immagine whay you'd want to
do that.

To get the inductance.

Bret Cahill

I've obviously come in late here in comp.dsp, so there may be
something I missed that would make this rational. As it stands with
me, the question is ludicrous. You are evidently attempting to make an
electrical measurement by blinding your instruments to both voltage
and current. Can you explain how that's assumed to work?
You are only shutting them down when their eyes could wander.


Bret Cahill
 
On Apr 16, 9:51 pm, Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

That seems fairly non-obvious to me. how is a low frequency better for
measuring the impedance of a twisted pair?

Somehow "inductance" got left out.

That is evident. where was it supposed to go?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?

I'm tring to picture a squelch switching at some high frequency and
failing.  Perhaps you mean something different?

The squelch working at a high frequency.

Whenever the absolute value of the 2nd derivative of current, or for
that matter, the absolute value of the 1st derivative of voltage, is
above a threshold value both voltage and current signals are set to
zero.

That sounds like a great way to inject noise at a yet higher frequency
into an otherwise working system

Would that be true if the squelching was digital?

I can't immagine whay you'd want to
do that.

To get the inductance.

Bret Cahill

I've obviously come in late here in comp.dsp, so there may be
something I missed that would make this rational. As it stands with
me, the question is ludicrous. You are evidently attempting to make an
electrical measurement by blinding your instruments to both voltage
and current. Can you explain how that's assumed to work?

You are only shutting them down when their eyes could wander.
How does that get you the information you want?

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
 
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

That seems fairly non-obvious to me. how is a low frequency better for
measuring the impedance of a twisted pair?

Somehow "inductance" got left out.

That is evident. where was it supposed to go?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?

I'm tring to picture a squelch switching at some high frequency and
failing.  Perhaps you mean something different?

The squelch working at a high frequency.

Whenever the absolute value of the 2nd derivative of current, or for
that matter, the absolute value of the 1st derivative of voltage, is
above a threshold value both voltage and current signals are set to
zero.

That sounds like a great way to inject noise at a yet higher frequency
into an otherwise working system

Would that be true if the squelching was digital?

I can't immagine whay you'd want to
do that.

To get the inductance.

Bret Cahill

I've obviously come in late here in comp.dsp, so there may be
something I missed that would make this rational. As it stands with
me, the question is ludicrous. You are evidently attempting to make an
electrical measurement by blinding your instruments to both voltage
and current. Can you explain how that's assumed to work?

You are only shutting them down when their eyes could wander.

How does that get you the information you want?
Just as you don't need all the frequencies and you don't need all of
the cycle of any one frequency either.

You can select just the parts of the cycle where the noise is lowest
or, in this case, the current bleeding off through resistances and
capacitances is lowest.

It would be surprising if this was the first time this was done in
electronics.


Bret Cahill
 
Jerry Avins wrote:
On Apr 17, 2:36 pm, Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

That seems fairly non-obvious to me. how is a low frequency better for
measuring the impedance of a twisted pair?

Somehow "inductance" got left out.

That is evident. where was it supposed to go?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?

I'm tring to picture a squelch switching at some high frequency and
failing. Perhaps you mean something different?

The squelch working at a high frequency.

Whenever the absolute value of the 2nd derivative of current, or for
that matter, the absolute value of the 1st derivative of voltage, is
above a threshold value both voltage and current signals are set to
zero.

That sounds like a great way to inject noise at a yet higher frequency
into an otherwise working system

Would that be true if the squelching was digital?

I can't immagine whay you'd want to
do that.

To get the inductance.

Bret Cahill

I've obviously come in late here in comp.dsp, so there may be
something I missed that would make this rational. As it stands with
me, the question is ludicrous. You are evidently attempting to make an
electrical measurement by blinding your instruments to both voltage
and current. Can you explain how that's assumed to work?

You are only shutting them down when their eyes could wander.

How does that get you the information you want?

Just as you don't need all the frequencies and you don't need all of
the cycle of any one frequency either.

Whatever you need or don't, how does squelching provide more
information?

You can select just the parts of the cycle where the noise is lowest
or, in this case, the current bleeding off through resistances and
capacitances is lowest.

...

You sample the data, so instead of squelching the signal, why not
simply ignore the samples you don't want? In any case, the current
will be lowest when the voltage Resistance) or its derivative
(capacitance) is.


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On Apr 17, 2:36 pm, Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

That seems fairly non-obvious to me. how is a low frequency better for
measuring the impedance of a twisted pair?

Somehow "inductance" got left out.

That is evident. where was it supposed to go?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?

I'm tring to picture a squelch switching at some high frequency and
failing.  Perhaps you mean something different?

The squelch working at a high frequency.

Whenever the absolute value of the 2nd derivative of current, or for
that matter, the absolute value of the 1st derivative of voltage, is
above a threshold value both voltage and current signals are set to
zero.

That sounds like a great way to inject noise at a yet higher frequency
into an otherwise working system

Would that be true if the squelching was digital?

I can't immagine whay you'd want to
do that.

To get the inductance.

Bret Cahill

I've obviously come in late here in comp.dsp, so there may be
something I missed that would make this rational. As it stands with
me, the question is ludicrous. You are evidently attempting to make an
electrical measurement by blinding your instruments to both voltage
and current. Can you explain how that's assumed to work?

You are only shutting them down when their eyes could wander.

How does that get you the information you want?

Just as you don't need all the frequencies and you don't need all of
the cycle of any one frequency either.
Whatever you need or don't, how does squelching provide more
information?

You can select just the parts of the cycle where the noise is lowest
or, in this case, the current bleeding off through resistances and
capacitances is lowest.
...

You sample the data, so instead of squelching the signal, why not
simply ignore the samples you don't want? In any case, the current
will be lowest when the voltage Resistance) or its derivative
(capacitance) is.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
 
Obviously a low frequency is better in determining, say, impedance but
supposing you are stuck with a higher frequency?

That seems fairly non-obvious to me. how is a low frequency better for
measuring the impedance of a twisted pair?

Somehow "inductance" got left out.

That is evident. where was it supposed to go?

Couldn't you just squelch the voltage and current signals when the
second derivative of current is above a threshold?

I'm tring to picture a squelch switching at some high frequency and
failing.  Perhaps you mean something different?

The squelch working at a high frequency.

Whenever the absolute value of the 2nd derivative of current, or for
that matter, the absolute value of the 1st derivative of voltage, is
above a threshold value both voltage and current signals are set to
zero.

That sounds like a great way to inject noise at a yet higher frequency
into an otherwise working system

Would that be true if the squelching was digital?

I can't immagine whay you'd want to
do that.

To get the inductance.

Bret Cahill

I've obviously come in late here in comp.dsp, so there may be
something I missed that would make this rational. As it stands with
me, the question is ludicrous. You are evidently attempting to make an
electrical measurement by blinding your instruments to both voltage
and current. Can you explain how that's assumed to work?

You are only shutting them down when their eyes could wander.

How does that get you the information you want?

Just as you don't need all the frequencies and you don't need all of
the cycle of any one frequency either.

Whatever you need or don't, how does squelching provide more
information?
Well it provides _less wrong_ information, same as low pass filtering
for inductance.

You can select just the parts of the cycle where the noise is lowest
or, in this case, the current bleeding off through resistances and
capacitances is lowest.

You sample the data, so instead of squelching the signal, why not
simply ignore the samples you don't want?
Is that really any different than squelching?

In any case, the current
will be lowest when the voltage Resistance) or its derivative
(capacitance) is.
is highest?

One effective way to squelch for inductance is to integrate current to
charge and integrate voltage a couple of times. Then discard the
greater part of the cycle that isn't near the maximum charge or volts
sec sec.

The low pass effect from the integration seems to help.


Bret Cahill
 

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