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 "id": "averaging-pico-2-adc-samples-buys-about-half",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Averaging Pico 2 ADC samples buys about half the textbook improvement \u2014 the noise is not white",
 "symptom": "The standard rule that four times as many samples buys one more bit does not hold, and the shortfall grows the more you average, so a design sized on the textbook figure comes up short.",
 "hw": [
  "rp2350",
  "pico2"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Use oversampling and averaging to recover extra effective bits from a 12-bit ADC",
 "date": "2026-08-19",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}