encode_4bit_base¶
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baseband.vlbi_base.encoding.
encode_4bit_base
(values)[source] [edit on github]¶ Generic encoder for data stored using four bits.
This returns an unsigned integer array containing encoded sample values that range from 0 to 15. Floating point sample values are converted to unsigned int by first scaling them by
FOUR_BIT_1_SIGMA = 2.95
, then adding 8.5 (the 0.5 to ensure proper rounding when typecasting to uint8). Some sample output levels are:Input range Output value*scale < -7.5 0 -7.5 < value*scale < -6.5 1 -0.5 < value*scale < +0.5 8 6.5 < value*scale 15 This does not pack the samples into bytes.