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dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer

Display time-varying magnitude response of digital filters

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Description

The dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer object displays the magnitude response of time-varying digital filters or time-varying filter coefficients. The input to this object can be a filter coefficients vector or a filter System object™.

Using the dynamic filter visualizer, you can configure the plot settings, measure the signal statistics, find the peak values, place the data cursors, and so on from the interface of the visualizer. For details, see Configure Array Plot.

Creation

Syntax

dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer
dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer(nfft)
dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer(nfft,Fs)
dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer(nfft,Fs,range)
dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer(Name,Value)

Description

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dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer returns a dynamic filter visualizer object, dfv, that displays the magnitude response of digital filters or filter coefficients.

dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer(nfft) returns a dynamic filter visualizer with the FFTLength property set to nfft.

dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer(nfft,Fs) returns a dynamic filter visualizer with the FFTLength property set to nfft and the SampleRate property set to Fs.

dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer(nfft,Fs,range) returns a dynamic filter visualizer with the FFTLength property set to nfft, the SampleRate property set to Fs, and the FrequencyRange property set to range.

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dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer(Name,Value) returns a dynamic filter visualizer with each specified property set to the specified value. You can specify name-value pair arguments in any order.

Properties

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FFT length that the dynamic filter visualizer uses to compute spectral estimates, specified as a positive integer.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Sampling rate of the input signal, specified as a real positive scalar in Hz.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Range of the frequency axis, specified as a two-element numeric vector that is monotonically increasing and of the form [fmin, fmax]. The upper limit must be less than or equal to Fs/2, where Fs is the value specified in SampleRate.

Tunable: Yes

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

X-axis scale, specified as either 'Linear' or 'Log'.

Tunable: Yes

Y-axis units, specified as one of the following:

  • 'Magnitude'

  • 'Magnitude (dB)'

  • 'Magnitude squared'

Tunable: Yes

Visualization

Caption to display on the Dynamic Filter Visualizer window, specified as a character vector or a string scalar.

Example: 'Dynamic Filter Visualizer'

Example: "Dynamic Filter Visualizer"

Tunable: Yes

Display title, specified as a character vector or a string scalar.

Example: 'Magnitude Response'

Example: "Magnitude Response"

Tunable: Yes

Y-axis limits, specified as a two-element numeric vector with the second element greater than the first element and of the form [ymin, ymax].

Tunable: Yes

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

When this property is set to false, no legend is displayed. When this property is set to true, a legend with automatic string labels for each input filter is displayed.

Tunable: Yes

Data Types: logical

Set this property to a cell array of character vectors to label the input filters in the legend. The default is an empty cell array. When this property is set to an empty cell array, the filters are named by default names, such as Filter 1, Filter 2, and so on.

Tunable: Yes

Upper limit spectral mask, specified as a two-column matrix. The first column represents the frequency values (Hz), and the second column represents the magnitude spectrum of the upper limit mask.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Lower limit spectral mask, specified as a two-column matrix. The first column represents the frequency values (Hz), and the second column represents the magnitude spectrum of the lower limit mask.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Scope window position in pixels, specified as a four-element double vector of the form [left bottom width height]. The default value of this property is dependent on the screen resolution, and is such that the window is positioned in the center of the screen, with a width and height of 410 and 300 pixels, respectively.

Tunable: Yes

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Usage

Syntax

dfv(filt)
dfv(B,A)

Description

dfv(filt) displays the time-varying magnitude response of the object filter, filt, in the Dynamic Filter Visualizer figure, as long as filt has a valid freqz() implementation.

dfv(B,A) displays the magnitude response for the digital filters with numerator and denominator polynomial coefficients stored in B1 and A1, B2 and A2, ..., and BN and AN, respectively.

Input Arguments

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Input filter System object with a valid freqz() implementation.

Numerator polynomial coefficients, specified as a row vector.

Data Types: single | double

Denominator polynomial coefficients, specified as a:

  • scalar –– The filter is an FIR filter.

  • row vector –– The filter is an IIR filter.

Data Types: single | double

Object Functions

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stepDisplay time-varying magnitude response
showDisplay scope window
hideHide scope window

Examples

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Open Live Script

Design an FIR filter with time-varying magnitude response. Plot this varying response on a dynamic filter visualizer.

Create a dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer object.

dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer('YLimits',[-120 10])
dfv = 
  DynamicFilterVisualizer with properties:

           FFTLength: 2048
          SampleRate: 44100
      FrequencyRange: [0 22050]
              XScale: 'Linear'
    MagnitudeDisplay: 'Magnitude (dB)'

   Visualization
                Name: 'Dynamic Filter Visualizer'
               Title: 'Magnitude Response'
             YLimits: [-120 10]
          ShowLegend: 0
         FilterNames: {''}
           UpperMask: Inf
           LowerMask: -Inf
            Position: [240 262 800 500]

Vary the cutoff frequency of the FIR filter, k, from 0.1 to 0.5 in increments of 0.001. View the varying magnitude response using the dynamic filter visualizer.

for k = 0.1:0.001:0.5
    b = fir1(90,k);
    dfv(b,1);
end

Open Live Script

Visualize the varying magnitude response of the variable bandwidth FIR filter using the dyamic filter visualizer.

Create a dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer object.

dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer('YLimits',[-160 10])
dfv = 
  DynamicFilterVisualizer with properties:

           FFTLength: 2048
          SampleRate: 44100
      FrequencyRange: [0 22050]
              XScale: 'Linear'
    MagnitudeDisplay: 'Magnitude (dB)'

   Visualization
                Name: 'Dynamic Filter Visualizer'
               Title: 'Magnitude Response'
             YLimits: [-160 10]
          ShowLegend: 0
         FilterNames: {''}
           UpperMask: Inf
           LowerMask: -Inf
            Position: [240 262 800 500]

Design a bandpass variable bandwidth FIR filter with a center frequency of 5 kHz and a bandwidth of 4 kHz.

Fs = 44100;
vbw = dsp.VariableBandwidthFIRFilter('FilterType','Bandpass',...
    'FilterOrder',100,...
    'SampleRate',Fs,...
    'CenterFrequency',5e3,...
    'Bandwidth',4e3);

Vary the center frequency of the filter. Visualize the varying magnitude response of the filter using the dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer object.

for idx  = 1:100
    dfv(vbw);
    vbw.CenterFrequency = vbw.CenterFrequency + 20;
end

Version History

Introduced in R2018b

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