FIR filter configuration of the CMG-DM24 mk3

This information applies to most modular CMG-DM24 units and digital instruments manufactured after 2004.

The earlier model DM24 Mk2 has a different filter configuration.

Data from the modulator is decimated in stages down to 2000 Hz. This is dealt with by a single Cirrus Logic (formerly Crystal) CS5376 unit.

After this, further FIR filters are used to decimate the data. The DM24 allows the user to select up to four simultaneous output rates, which the DM24 provides by selecting taps from between six configurable filter stages, each filter stage providing decimation (÷2), (÷4), (÷5) as required. Decimation factors of 8 and 10 are produced by cascading filters (÷4,÷2) and (÷5,÷2) respectively.

Other information, such as bit weights (in μV/count), normalisation factor, and poles and zeros, can be found on the digitizer’s calibration sheet.

Newer DM24 firmware sets the digitiser type field and tap table lookup value in the GCF header. This allows the sequence of filters to be determined from the GCF data itself.

Recent DM24 firmware includes the ability to use a causal filter as the last component in the filter chain. The decimation factors used in these filters are:

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