> > A term is missing here: the number of decades in the scale. So, the > equation should read: > linear value =10^ (4*(channel value/256)) There isn't a missing term, and the equation shouldn't read that way, except in the erroneous instance below (Re-read the paragraph following the equation that you "corrected" above, and you'll notice that I mentioned that 256 should be replaced by 64 for 8 bit data on a 4 decade scale) > > Also note that the 256 is the channel resolution of the instrument (or if > you are using WinList it is the histogram resolution). So it may be 32, 64, > 128, 256 or 1024 depending on your application. > No it isn't - the FACScan is a ten bit instrument, and FACScan Research software records ten bits (1024 channels), on a four decade scale. (The case you put at the end) > This stuff gives us fits too! I'm sure it does! > > Albert Donnenberg > University of Pittsburgh > Ray >
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