Analog and digital Signal flows


What is an Analog signal flow?
             
Analog signals are the representation of time varying quantities in a continuous signal. It could be varying + (plus) level highs to  –(minus) level lows.


                The analog signal is creating by using magnets and electromagnetic flux. As an example, inside a microphone a tiny coil is moving through a magnet according to the sound it captures. In each and every time the coil moves, it is going through a permanent magnetic field generated by the magnet and creating a current flow through the coil. Depending on the sound it captures The movement of the coil is varying and creating a different current levels (various amplitude levels) in different time duration according to the movement. These qualities of the signal can be identify by the next device connected to the other end of the cable for recreating the same signal for different purpose. Such as amplifying.

Simply an analog signal flow is a current flow with different amplitudes in different time durations according to the qualities of the input signal.


What is Digital signal flow?

The digital signal is based on samples and binary signals. Which means it counts the amplitude and the time difference of the signal and converts them to 1(on position) and 0 (off position). The sound levels in a digital audio signal are retained as digital values captured during the analog to digital conversion. These amounts of snap shots per second are called as sample rate. Higher sampling rate gives a smoother signal pattern.




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