FFT build with DSP

Hello Shawn Steenhagen,

yes I have this document,

can you tell me, if I think right?

so, I take my output, a then I should build a magnitude of FFT of
output. abs(x) (I think, I need it that's why, because I take only
positive magnitude)

I found on mathworks.de one text, it stand there, that I should "scale
the fft so that it is not a function of the length of output." also
X=X/sizeof(X)


then I should take the square of the magitude. (Why?)

after this functions I can show my output array with "code compese
studio" with graph/time_single. But I see only my array Values, but no
frequency.
Should I change any properties there?

thank you

The Y(n) = fft(x) is a complex result.  i.e. each bin is a complex number:
Y(n) = a(n) + b(n)*j.

To take the magnitude of a complex number:
|Y(n)| = sqrt( a(n)^2 + b(n)^2);

Using the 55 rfft( ) function the real and imaginary part of the result are
stored in consecutive memory locations in the result array, so if I Call
rfft(xin, etc.) I calculate the magnitude as

Ymag[1] = sqrt( xin[2]*xin[2] + xin[3]*xin[3])
Ymag[2] = sqrt( xin[4]*xin[4] + xin[5]*xin[5])
etc. (use a for loop)

Then you can use CCS to plot the vector Ymag[] and you will see the
magnitude.

(of course the above assumes a sqrt( ) function exists for the 55.  It may
be easier to just look at the magnitude squared )
YMagsq[1] = xin[2]*xin[2] + xin[3]*xin[3]

I'm not sure you are understanding some basic concepts with regard to the
FFT and complex arithmetic. I suggest reading up on it.

-Shawn


"Eugene" <johnbesel@web.de> wrote in message
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> Hello Shawn Steenhagen,
>
> yes I have this document,
>
> can you tell me, if I think right?
>
> so, I take my output, a then I should build a magnitude of FFT of
> output. abs(x) (I think, I need it that's why, because I take only
> positive magnitude)
>
> I found on mathworks.de one text, it stand there, that I should "scale
> the fft so that it is not a function of the length of output." also
> X=X/sizeof(X)
>
>
> then I should take the square of the magitude. (Why?)
>
> after this functions I can show my output array with "code compese
> studio" with graph/time_single. But I see only my array Values, but no
> frequency.
> Should I change any properties there?
>
> thank you