How to choose correctly oversampling ratio?

1. What is oversampling ratio?
2. Is more oversampling better?
3. Can you oversample too much?
4. What are the condition of oversampling?

What is oversampling ratio?

Oversampling Description

As a general guideline, oversampling the ADC by a factor of four provides one additional bit of resolution, or a 6 dB increase in dynamic range. Increasing the oversampling ratio (OSR) results in overall reduced noise and the DR improvement due to oversampling is ΔDR = 10log10 (OSR) in dB.

Is more oversampling better?

Choosing an oversampling rate 2x or more instructs the algorithm to upsample the incoming signal thereby temporarily raising the Nyquist frequency so there are fewer artifacts and reduced aliasing. Higher levels of oversampling results in less aliasing occurring in the audible range.

Can you oversample too much?

The process of oversampling can be CPU intensive and can cause performance issues if too high of a rate is used. Simply put, oversampling increases the maximum frequency your processors can handle and increases the accuracy with which the signal is encoded and processed.

What are the condition of oversampling?

Oversampling unnecessarily increases the ADC output data rate and creates setup and hold-time issues, increases power consumption, increases ADC cost and also FPGA cost, as it has to capture high speed data.