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1756-IRT8I Combined Temperature-sensing Isolated Analog Module Chapter 4
Digital Filter
The digital filter smooths input data noise transients on each input channel. This
value specifies the time constant for a digital first order lag filter on the input. It is
specified in units of milliseconds. A value of 0 disables the filter.
The digital filter equation is a classic first order lag equation.
By using a step input change to illustrate the filter response, you can see that when
the digital filter time constant elapses, 63.2% of the total response is reached.
Each additional time constant achieves 63.2% of the remaining response.
To see where to set the Digital Filter, see page 127
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Y
n
= Y
n
-1
+X
n
- Y
n
-1
[Δ t]
Δ
t + TA
Y
n
= Present output, filtered peak voltage (PV)‘
Y
n
-1
= Previous output, filtered PV
Δ t = Module channel update time (seconds)
TA = Digital filter time constant (seconds)
X
n
= Present input, unfiltered PV
0 0.01 0.5 0.99 Time in Seconds
1672
100%
63%
0
Amplitude
Unfiltered Input
TA = 0.01 s
TA = 0.5 s
TA = 0.99 s