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Abstract

Industry 4.0 is built upon the foundations of converting real world analogue effects into digitised binary data suitable for a computer to process. This needs to be done with care, particularly when the data is ingested by a safety critical system. A numerical study probing the limits of a typical analogue to digital converter is presented here, highlighting some potential issues that should be identified. Initially a Monte Carlo approach is used to probe the impact of digitisation on an analogue to digital converter (ADC) using traditional experimental error analysis. A constant test signal 2.5±0.01"V"  is used to understand the optimum level of digitisation. The analogue signal is assumed to have Gaussian noise which is then processed by a 5"V"  ADC. This investigation suggests an optimum digitisation level should be related to the standard error of a measured signal. The use of Bayesian inferencing using the Python package PyMC is then used to gain a better estimate of the underlying standard deviation when the signal has been digitised at the 8-bit level.

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2024-07-08
2024-10-09
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