Analyze CHOP
Summary
The Analyze CHOP looks at the values of all the values of a channel, and outputs a single-number result into the output. The output is one sample long. It can analyze for maximum, average, peaks and other aspects of a channel.
Parameters - Analyze Page
Function - This menu determines the function applied to the channel.
- Average - the average of the channel.
- Maximum - the maximum value of the channel.
- Minimum - the minimum value of the channel.
- Sum - the sum of all the samples in the channel.
- RMS Power - the RMS (root-mean-square) of the channel.
- First Peak Value - the value of the first peak in the channel.
- First Peak Index - the index of the first peak in the channel. The index of the first sample is 0.
- Highest Peak Value - the value of the highest peak in the channel.
- Highest Peak Index - the index of the highest peak in the channel.
- Lowest Peak Value - the value of the lowest peak in the channel.
- Lowest Peak Index - the index of the lowest peak in the channel.
- Total Peaks - the total number of peaks in the channel.
Allow Start Peaks - If the values of the first 2 samples are v0 and v1, if v0 > v1, count it as a peak. The default is to never count the first sample as a peak.
Allow End Peaks - If the values of the last 2 samples are vn and vm, if vm > vn, count it as a peak. The default is to never count the last sample as a peak.
No Peak Value - When no peaks are found, make this number (default is -1) the result that is output. When the Function is set to Peak Index or Peak Value, it is a way to detect that no peaks were found.
Parameters - Common Page
Notes
Is this text:
"This is where RMS comes in to play. Skipping the potentially brain damaging
math, it turns out that the RMS or effective value of a sine wave is 0.707 times the peak value. (1/0.707 is the square root of two; that is, 1/0.707 times 1/0.707 equals 2.) "
Which is exactly what sending a default Wave CHOP into the Analyze CHOP gives when you select "RMS Power". Yahoo!
