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Convert time domain to frequency domain Harmonic analysis
Hi all
I have an a.c. non-sinusoidal signal/waveform as a table of samples taken at a certain number of samples per cycle i.e. it has an unknown number of harmonics of unknown magnitude in the signal.
I want to derive the value of each harmonic which I can put in a bar chart with frequency or harmonic number as the horizontal axis and the magnitude as the vertical axis.
I have tried the Data Analysis Tool Pack <<Fourier>> function which returns a set of complex numbers which doesn't make any sense to me.
I have constructed a test waveform using 4 harmonics and summating them to generate a set of samples .. but in real life I would only have that sum column of samples to work with i.e. the harmonic content is unknown.
I want to take that summed column and generate a bar chart showing the individual harmonic component and its magnitude like the sketched one attached