Howtosignalprocessing
Why is FFT output mirrored?
Because both the positive and negative frequency sinusoids are 90 degrees out of phase and have the same magnitude, they will both respond to real signals in the same way.
How many samples do I need for FFT?
The number of samples (N) in the FFT must be an integer power of 2. Therefore, N = 2p, where p is a positive integer. This rule minimizes the number of multiplications—and therefore the computation time—needed to compute the coefficients of the Fourier series.
What is sample frequency in FFT?
The sampling rate or sampling frequency fs of the measuring system (e.g. 48 kHz). This is the average number of samples obtained in one second (samples per second). The selected number of samples; the blocklength BL. This is always an integer power to the base 2 in the FFT (e.g., 2^10 = 1024 samples)
