1D Gaussian lowpass filter

Returns coefficients of 1D Gaussian lowpass filter

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This function returns coefficients of Gaussian lowpass filter.
Advantages of Gaussian filter: no ringing or overshoot in time domain.
Diasadvantage: slow rolloff in frequency domain.
Pass SR=sampling rate, fco=cutoff freq, both in Hz, to the function.
Coefficients for FIR filter of length L (L always odd) are computed.
This symmetric FIR filter of length L=2N+1 has delay N/SR seconds.
Examples of use:
Compute Gaussian filter frequency response when SR=1000,fco=50 Hz:
freqz(gaussfiltcoef(1000,50),1,256,1000);
Filter signal X sampled at 5kHz with Gaussian filter with fco=500:
y=filter(gaussfiltcoef(5000,500),1,X);
SR,fco are not sanity-checked. WCR 2006-10-11.

Cite As

William Rose (2026). 1D Gaussian lowpass filter (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/12606-1d-gaussian-lowpass-filter), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.0