Crunching FFTs with Microsoft Excel

Abstract: This application note demonstrates how to quickly verify the dynamic performance of any analog-to-digital converter (ADC) without requiring expensive data-processing software. Although Microsoft® Excel® limits the number of data points to 4096, this application note shows the successful use of Excel for FFT processing and displaying the results in a typical FFT spectrum.
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Keywords: fast fourier transform, FFT, analog-to-digital converter, ADC, coherent sampling, SNR, THD, SINAD, SFDR, single-tone
FFT, fourier analysis, Excel, Excel 2003, Excel 2007
Aug 06, 2004
APPLICATION NOTE 3292
Crunching FFTs with Microsoft Excel
Abstract: This application note demonstrates how to quickly verify the dynamic performance of any analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
without requiring expensive data-processing s