Fast Fourier Transform of non-periodic signals generated from a microplasma: migrating from a desktop computer to an IoT-connected smartphone
Abstract
There are many applications requiring an instrument to be brought to the sample for chemical analysis onsite (rather than bringing a sample to a lab for analysis, as is done traditionally). Ideally, for such applications, a portable chemical analysis instrument must be capable of acquiring data using a smartphone, have wireless capability and it must be able to become part of the Internet-of-Things (IoT). But do smartphones have the required processing power to execute computationally-intensive algorithms, such as a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)? Among others, FFTs are used for filtering (e.g., de-noising) of periodic signals, thus improving Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). Using non-periodic signals and Fourier-domain interpolation for resolution enhancement, it will be shown that smartphones do have the necessary power.
- Publication:
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Next-Generation Spectroscopic Technologies XI
- Pub Date:
- May 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.2305462
- Bibcode:
- 2018SPIE10657E..03F