How to Synchronize Sensor Signals
Have you ever had two sensor signals measuring different parts of a common system? It can be a real pain to synchronize these signals in post processing if they hadn’t been measured by the same data acquisition system. They are likely to have slightly different sampling rates and clock times that require an offset.

Our sensor customers often need to synchronize these self-contained data acquisition and sensing tools across multiple devices. For one customer, synchronization was so important that we worked with them to develop a solution to synchronizing two signals that I want to share with you in this blog. I’ll cover:

• An example of misaligned data that needs synchronization
• Hardware necessary to perform the synchronization (spoiler: you’ll need to have measured something common!)
• Resampling the data between the signals to have a common sample rate
• Determining the offset using a “major” event
• The end result of synchronized data
• Analysis techniques to improve the synchronization
• Conclusion

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