[SciPy-user] FIR filter, calculated with Remez exchange algorithm ?

[Stef Mientki]

ok, I got the answer (I think)

A slightly changed design, works perfect:

filt_4 = signal.remez (25, (0, 0.01,  0.2,  0.5), (0.01, 1))

The filterlength must be odd, because it's a high pass filter.
If the length is even, the respons at Nyquist is zero,
so my orginal example

filt_4 = signal.remez (24, (0, 0.01,  0.2,  0.49), (0.01, 1))

will try to create a transition band between 0.49 and 0.5,
which is much to steep for this filterlength.

I never encountered this problem because MatLab,
and previous programs I used always corrected this themselfs.

Now would it be possible to implement this behaviour in the library
(I think it's usefull for beginners and previous MatLab users)
  if last amplitude band = 1 (because it also must be odd for bandstop filters)
    make N odd
  else
    make N even

cheers,
Stef Mientki


Stef Mientki wrote:
> Does anyone has experience with  the Remez function ?
>
> I tried to design a simple highpass filter, 24 coefficients:
> stopband  40 dB from 0..0.01
> transition band from 0.01 .. 0.2
> passband 0 dB from 0.2 .. 0.5
> (which I think is not a critical design,
> after all MatLab does it fluently ;-)
>
> filt_4 = signal.remez (24, (0, 0.01,  0.2,  0.49), (0.01, 1))
>
> but I get some weird impuls responses.
>
> Did I fill in the parameters correctly ?
>
> thanks,
> Stef Mientki
>
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