Rob Hutchinson wrote:> What is the preferred method for removing 60 hz hum from a signal without > wiping out signal info around 60 hz? A 60 hz notch filter would not be > useful because it would attenuate the signal as well. I'm interested in > doing this for sampled data, so all filtering would be done in the digital > domain. > Thank you in advance, > Rob > >You could try using some active noise reduction. Use a 60 Hz 'generator' of which you can alter phase & amplitude and a little freq and a small bandpass filter around 60 Hz. Now adjust the parameters so that the output of the filter minimizes. (but I guess its earier said than done) For me 150 Hz is always annoying me, they manage to deliver a clipped mains.
60 Hz Hum removal
Started by ●July 1, 2004
Reply by ●July 1, 20042004-07-01
A notch can be made almost arbitrarily narrow if care is taken in the implementation. The best bet of course is to remove the hum in the analog realm before the signal is recorded, etc.. But if that isn't possible, then I would say a very narrow notch filter is a decent method. If the hum is uniform in level, another possibility is some sort of adaptive noise removal algorithm. Don't have much personal experience with this myself, but maybe others do? "Rob Hutchinson" <rhutch7@kdsi.net> wrote in message news:10e8scqobsj7f3@corp.supernews.com...> What is the preferred method for removing 60 hz hum from a signal without > wiping out signal info around 60 hz? A 60 hz notch filter would not be > useful because it would attenuate the signal as well. I'm interested in > doing this for sampled data, so all filtering would be done in the digital > domain. > Thank you in advance, > Rob > >
Reply by ●July 1, 20042004-07-01
What is the preferred method for removing 60 hz hum from a signal without wiping out signal info around 60 hz? A 60 hz notch filter would not be useful because it would attenuate the signal as well. I'm interested in doing this for sampled data, so all filtering would be done in the digital domain. Thank you in advance, Rob
Reply by ●July 1, 20042004-07-01
What is the preferred method for removing 60 hz hum from a signal without wiping out signal info around 60 hz? A 60 hz notch filter would not be useful because it would attenuate the signal as well. I'm interested in doing this for sampled data, so all filtering would be done in the digital domain. Thank you in advance, Rob
Reply by ●July 1, 20042004-07-01
Rob Hutchinson wrote:> I was thinking that an adaptive scheme would be commonly used. Anybody know > about this approach? Is this the common method for this problem?? > > > Jon Harris <goldentully@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:2kje7vF2veclU1@uni-berlin.de... > >>A notch can be made almost arbitrarily narrow if care is taken in the >>implementation. The best bet of course is to remove the hum in the analog > > realm > >>before the signal is recorded, etc.. But if that isn't possible, then I > > would > >>say a very narrow notch filter is a decent method. If the hum is uniform > > in > >>level, another possibility is some sort of adaptive noise removal > > algorithm. > >>Don't have much personal experience with this myself, but maybe others do? >> >>"Rob Hutchinson" <rhutch7@kdsi.net> wrote in message >>news:10e8scqobsj7f3@corp.supernews.com... >> >>>What is the preferred method for removing 60 hz hum from a signal > > without > >>>wiping out signal info around 60 hz? A 60 hz notch filter would not be >>>useful because it would attenuate the signal as well. I'm interested in >>>doing this for sampled data, so all filtering would be done in the > > digital > >>>domain. >>>Thank you in advance, >>>Rob >>> >>> >> >> > >If the frequency is nice and constant the best "adaptation" that you can get would be a nice narrow notch. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●July 1, 20042004-07-01
"Tim Wescott" <tim@wescottnospamdesign.com> wrote in message news:10e97qiro021o74@corp.supernews.com...> Rob Hutchinson wrote: > > > Jon Harris <goldentully@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:2kje7vF2veclU1@uni-berlin.de... > > > >>A notch can be made almost arbitrarily narrow if care is taken in the > >>implementation. The best bet of course is to remove the hum in the analog > > realm > > > >>before the signal is recorded, etc.. But if that isn't possible, then I > > would > >>say a very narrow notch filter is a decent method. If the hum is uniform > > in > >>level, another possibility is some sort of adaptive noise removal > > algorithm. > >>Don't have much personal experience with this myself, but maybe others do? > >> > >>"Rob Hutchinson" <rhutch7@kdsi.net> wrote in message > >>news:10e8scqobsj7f3@corp.supernews.com... > >> > >>>What is the preferred method for removing 60 hz hum from a signal > > without > > > >>>wiping out signal info around 60 hz? A 60 hz notch filter would not be > >>>useful because it would attenuate the signal as well. I'm interested in > >>>doing this for sampled data, so all filtering would be done in the > > digital domain. > > > If the frequency is nice and constant the best "adaptation" that you can > get would be a nice narrow notch.Assuming a perfectly constant hum, how about adding a 60Hz sine of the exact same magnitude/opposite phase?
Reply by ●July 1, 20042004-07-01
I was thinking that an adaptive scheme would be commonly used. Anybody know about this approach? Is this the common method for this problem?? Jon Harris <goldentully@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:2kje7vF2veclU1@uni-berlin.de...> A notch can be made almost arbitrarily narrow if care is taken in the > implementation. The best bet of course is to remove the hum in the analogrealm> before the signal is recorded, etc.. But if that isn't possible, then Iwould> say a very narrow notch filter is a decent method. If the hum is uniformin> level, another possibility is some sort of adaptive noise removalalgorithm.> Don't have much personal experience with this myself, but maybe others do? > > "Rob Hutchinson" <rhutch7@kdsi.net> wrote in message > news:10e8scqobsj7f3@corp.supernews.com... > > What is the preferred method for removing 60 hz hum from a signalwithout> > wiping out signal info around 60 hz? A 60 hz notch filter would not be > > useful because it would attenuate the signal as well. I'm interested in > > doing this for sampled data, so all filtering would be done in thedigital> > domain. > > Thank you in advance, > > Rob > > > > > >
Reply by ●July 1, 20042004-07-01
Jon Harris wrote:> "Tim Wescott" <tim@wescottnospamdesign.com> wrote in message > news:10e97qiro021o74@corp.supernews.com... > >>Rob Hutchinson wrote: >> >> >>>Jon Harris <goldentully@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>news:2kje7vF2veclU1@uni-berlin.de... >>> >>> >>>>A notch can be made almost arbitrarily narrow if care is taken in the >>>>implementation. The best bet of course is to remove the hum in the analog >>> >>>realm >>> >>> >>>>before the signal is recorded, etc.. But if that isn't possible, then I >>> >>>would >>> >>>>say a very narrow notch filter is a decent method. If the hum is uniform >>> >>>in >>> >>>>level, another possibility is some sort of adaptive noise removal >>> >>>algorithm. >>> >>>>Don't have much personal experience with this myself, but maybe others do? >>>> >>>>"Rob Hutchinson" <rhutch7@kdsi.net> wrote in message >>>>news:10e8scqobsj7f3@corp.supernews.com... >>>> >>>> >>>>>What is the preferred method for removing 60 hz hum from a signal >>> >>>without >>> >>> >>>>>wiping out signal info around 60 hz? A 60 hz notch filter would not be >>>>>useful because it would attenuate the signal as well. I'm interested in >>>>>doing this for sampled data, so all filtering would be done in the >>> >>>digital domain. >>> >> >>If the frequency is nice and constant the best "adaptation" that you can >>get would be a nice narrow notch. > > > Assuming a perfectly constant hum, how about adding a 60Hz sine of the exact > same magnitude/opposite phase? > >Good idea. If you use a unity-gain highly resonant bandpass filter to acquire your 60Hz sine wave and subtract it from your signal you'll have -- a notch filter! (I've been through this before). I suppose that you could attempt to do this with a PLL of some sort, but I expect that after you make it so it can identify the hum's magnitude and phase, and correctly identify when you are operating off of battery power in the middle of the Sahara desert and therefore don't have any hum, and take all the other odd little corner cases into account, you'd be better off just making a _really good_ notch filter. But I've become a luddite in my old age. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●July 1, 20042004-07-01
"Jon Harris" <goldentully@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:2kjnlsF36625U1@uni-berlin.de...> "Tim Wescott" <tim@wescottnospamdesign.com> wrote in message > news:10e97qiro021o74@corp.supernews.com... > > Rob Hutchinson wrote: > > > > > Jon Harris <goldentully@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > news:2kje7vF2veclU1@uni-berlin.de... > > > > > >>A notch can be made almost arbitrarily narrow if care is taken in the > > >>implementation. The best bet of course is to remove the hum in theanalog> > > realm > > > > > >>before the signal is recorded, etc.. But if that isn't possible, thenI> > > would > > >>say a very narrow notch filter is a decent method. If the hum isuniform> > > in > > >>level, another possibility is some sort of adaptive noise removal > > > algorithm. > > >>Don't have much personal experience with this myself, but maybe othersdo?> > >> > > >>"Rob Hutchinson" <rhutch7@kdsi.net> wrote in message > > >>news:10e8scqobsj7f3@corp.supernews.com... > > >> > > >>>What is the preferred method for removing 60 hz hum from a signal > > > without > > > > > >>>wiping out signal info around 60 hz? A 60 hz notch filter would notbe> > >>>useful because it would attenuate the signal as well. I'm interestedin> > >>>doing this for sampled data, so all filtering would be done in the > > > digital domain. > > > > > If the frequency is nice and constant the best "adaptation" that you can > > get would be a nice narrow notch. > > Assuming a perfectly constant hum, how about adding a 60Hz sine of theexact> same magnitude/opposite phase? >It depends on how the hum is picket up but I bed the amplitude is not constant. Most likely it is not a perfect sine wave either. Depending on your setup sometimes it helps to match the impedance and remove the signal you are interested so you can look at the hum only. Evert Rozendaal www.adacs.com
Reply by ●July 1, 20042004-07-01
Tim Wescott wrote: ...> But I've become a luddite in my old age.You're learning. The only excuse for filtering is that the signal is already acquired and you can't go back and do it over. An adaptive filter may be useful if the interfering frequency drifts slowly, but power lines rarely do. Boston really is like a small town. One of my customers had an old tube FM tuner with weak AFC. It worked well enough on strong stations, but WXHR broadcast at modest power from Woburn, and needed frequent retuning. One day, my crotchety customer called the station manager, John Thornton, to complain that his station drifted too much. He replied, "Madam, I know. You should know that nowadays, you can get a tuner that drifts with the station." John had the chutzpah to request a commission. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
