Harmonics, Interferences, Autocorrelations, FFT

[Ephant]

Hi I have some questions about the following:

1. It is an FFT spectrum analysis output from the Sigview software. First. The large peak at 60Hz is AC interference on air (maybe capacitive coupling) as the amplifier is completely battery operated. How come there are no 120 Hz, 180Hz, 240Hz harmonics? What situations when harmonics can be created and not created?

2. If the purpose of your amplifier is to get FFT, then there are no problems getting interferences as long as it won't saturate the amplifier, because the FFT can separate the frequency and you will still see the frequency even with all the interferences, right? This is the main question I need to know.

3. Is the peak near 300Hz (the 295Hz) considered part of the white noise or do you consider it a signal, in your experience?

4. When I pressed Autocorrelation, the following is the result. So Autocorrelations can't produce anything if it is only single frequency hidden (such as hidden harmonics) in the noise floor and it only look for signal that has reverse phase or something? What does autocorrelations exactly look for?

I'm learning about harmonics, interferences, autocorrelations, FFT at the same time for general knowledge so as not to be ignorant. Thank you.

 

[sophiecentaur]

@Ephant Yet again you are proving that it's not possible for you to learn anything from fiddling about with a simulation package. That package uses Mathematics to produce its results. I am confident that you are not capable of reverse engineering it to reveal the basics of the Maths behind signal analysis.
Avoid that simulation until you have some idea about the basics.

 

[Ephant]

@Ephant Yet again you are proving that it's not possible for you to learn anything from fiddling about with a simulation package. That package uses Mathematics to produce its results. I am confident that you are not capable of reverse engineering it to reveal the basics of the Maths behind signal analysis.
Avoid that simulation until you have some idea about the basics.

It's not a simulation. I'm using a real amplifier with data saved with Audacity wav. Then played the wav later at SigView and running the FFT spectrum analysis of real data.

I was asking if the amplifier was able to get the 60Hz signal on air or via capacitive coupling (as the amplifier is completely battery operated). Why doesn't it show the harmonics. If the harmonics is hidden in the noises. How come FFT didn't produce the harmonics, and neither did the autocorrelation.

But most important is. If the end result is FFT, where you can display all frequency. What is the problem with no shielding against interference as long as it won't saturate the amplifier. You can still acquire any signal amidst the noises using FFT.

 

[DaveE]

Buy and read a text book, dude.

 

[berkeman]

OP is on a 10 day vacation from PF for multiple reasons, so we can all take a break in this thread.