Ned Konz wrote: > On Saturday 12 April 2003 12:42 am, Mike Singer wrote: > > By definition R and C should discharge to 1/e value > > over 1 second. Where did guys get 2*Pi, I don't know. > > If you look at the frequency response of the RC filter, you get an > expression with the frequency in radians per second in the > denominator. > > To get from cycles/second (Hz) to radians/second you need 2 * pi... > > So the 3dB down point (in Hz) of the RC filter is at 1/(2*pi*RC) > > or at 1/RC, if you want to talk in terms of radians/second. This isn't sinusoidal signal, at first. At second, what should be done with all these things to figure out the value of a ripple? Mike. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body