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  • Kazumara@feddit.deEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Just a small note, it’s written dB, small “d”, big “B”.

    “B” is the unit symbol for bel and “d” is the symbol for the SI prefix deci, a tenth.

      • Kazumara@feddit.deEnglish
        3·
        8 months ago

        Oh yes, sure you can, 140 dB is 0.000014 MB. The confusing thing is just that the non-SI unit byte also uses the symbol “B” and uses the SI prefix “M” quite often.

        Sometimes when I calculate optical power levels I actually use B in between. For example:

        How much signal is 88 optical channels at 1.6 dBm of power each?

        0 dBm = 1 mW by definition

        1.6 dB = 0.16 B = log10 ( x ) --> x = 10 ^ 0.16 = 1.45

        So 1.6 dBm is 1.45 * 1 mW = 1.45 mW

        Then 88 channels is 88 * 1.45 mW = 127.60 mW = 127.60 * 1 mW

        log10(127.60) = 2.11 B = 21.1 dB

        So 127.20 mW is 21.1 dBm, just below the output specification of our amplifier, good, nothing should melt.