2-58 Time/Histogram
SR785 Dynamic Signal Analyzer
Time/Histogram Measurements
Time and Histogram Measurements
Time and Histogram measurements give a statistical picture of an input signal in the time
domain only. Histogram measurements answer questions such as "How often is my
signal between 1V and 1.1 V, or "What's the probability that my signal exceeds .5V."
Time and Histogram measurements are useful for characterizing noise as well as in many
mechanical applications.
Measurements in the Time/Histogram Group
Time Records, Histograms, Probability Density Functions (PDF), Cumulative Density
Functions (CDF), and Capture are the measurements available in the Time/Histogram
group. Time/Histogram measurements may be stored in the waterfall buffer and the
Capture Buffer may be used as in input.
Histogram
The Histogram displays the distribution of amplitudes found in the input signal over a
time determined by the Histogram Length. Histogram Length may be set in terms of the
number of points in the histgoram, or the length of time to acquire the histogram
The x-axis of the histogram represents the input amplitude range of the SR785, from
negative full scale (plus an overhead factor of 1.25) to positive full scale (plus an
overhead factor of 1.25) divided into a number of histogram "bins" given by the Bins
softkey. While the histogram is being acquired, the input signal is sampled at intervals
given by Sampling Time and the number of samples in each histogram bin is recorded. If
Repeat has been selected, the histogram will restart automatically after finishing.
The x-axis unit of the histogram measurement is volts, indicating the voltage
corresponding to each histogram bin, while the y-axis unit is counts, indicating how
many samples are in the bin. If Engineering Units are turned on, the x-axis will be in the
selected Engineering Units.
Time Record
The Time/Histogram Time Record measurement is similar to the FFT group time record.
The key difference is that while the FFT group time record is digitally filtered to
eliminate aliases, the Time/Histogram group time record is unfiltered. If the sample time
is set to 1s, the analyzer simply samples the input every second. This allows examination
of the input signal without the effects of additional filtering. If desired, the input anti-
aliasing filters can be turned off to present an even "purer" view of the input signal. The
number of samples in a time record is fixed at 1024 in the Time/Histogram group.
Probability Density Function (PDF)
The probability density function, or PDF, is similar to the histogram, except it is
normalized so that the integral of the PDF between any two points is equal to the
probability that the amplitude of the input signal is between those two points. Since the
integral of the PDF over voltage is a probability, i.e. unitless, the units of the PDF must
be inverse volts.
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