User Reference:FFTFilter

Function

The FFTFilter applies a short-term FFT to selected channels of its input signal. The computed spectrum may be displayed in a visualization window.

Typically, the FFTFilter is used for spectral estimation and demodulation, as a replacement for the [ARFilter|User Reference:ARFilter].

Parameters

FFTOutputSignal

Depending on configuration, the FFT filter's output signal will be the computed spectrum, or the unchanged input. Possible values are

• 0 for input connect-through--
  this option allows using the FFTFilter for visualization purposes.
• 1 for power spectrum--
  as with the [UserReference:ARFilter|ARFilter], the output signal's elements will correspond to frequency bins.
• 2 for complex amplitudes--
  the output will be complex fourier coefficients in halfcomplex format, with the spectrum's imaginary part appended to the real part.

FFTInputChannels

A list of input channels for which the FFT is computed. When FFTOutputSignal is set to other than 0, FFTInputChannels list entries determine the correspondence between input and output channels.

FFTWindowLength

The length of the input data window over which the FFT is computed, given as a time value in seconds, or the number of signal blocks as in the following examples:

1.34s
500ms
5

FFTWindow

Selects the type of sidelobe suppression window. Possible values are

• 1 for a Hamming window,
• 2 for a Hann window,
• 3 for a Blackman window.

VisualizeFFT

A nonzero value selects visualization of the FFT-computed power spectrum. Independently of the FFTOutputSignal parameter value, it is always the power spectrum that is visualized.

States

None.