3D FFT Display

The 3D FFT filter block draws three dimensional power spectrums at real time.

 

Configuration

The config button, which is on the top of the 3D FFT window, opens the following configuration dialog.

 

 

Parameters

Frequency resolution

The frequency resolution tells the resolution of the frequency axis. The resolution is given as powers of two because the Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) algorithm is used.

 

Number of lines

The number of lines parameter tells how many frequency graphs are drawn in the time axis.

 

Origo position

The Origo position gives the position of the origin. The origin position is given as percentages from left and top. For example 50/50 means that the origin is in the middle of the 3D FFT window area.

 

Slot Average

The Slot average tells how many 1024 long sample slots are averaged before the graph is plotted.

 

IIR Factor

The IIR factor uses the following formula to average frequency vectors.

 

fi = a * fi * (1-a)*fi-1

 

where a is the IIR factor

 

This feature can be used to decrease noise from the picture. If a small IIR factor is used frequency plot can not follow rapid changes.