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Making a periodic step function
Posted Dec 22, 2023, 3:35 p.m. EST Version 6.1 2 Replies
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Hi I know this question is already asked, but it seems there is a problem the way I am doing this. I appreciate any help, thanks. I want to simulate a second of pulsed laser with frequency of 10000. So in each second, there are 10000 of laser pulses. I have defined a "rectangle function" and made a step function with lower limit of 0 and upper limit of 15 ns which is the pulse duration. Afterward, I created an "Analytic function" and I defined the function as "rectanlge1(mod(t,1/10000))". I plot this function and the plot is not anything close to what it should be. it is not periodic at all, it is not repeating as it should be. I also enabled the periodic button, still nothing solved the problem.
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Go to Component --> definitions --> functions --> waveform. For type, choose Square. Set your period and duty cycle appropriately, and you are basically done (except for a vertical offset). You might want to set a smaller smoothing transition zone than the default.
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Go to Component --> definitions --> functions --> waveform. For type, choose Square. Set your period and duty cycle appropriately, and you are basically done (except for a vertical offset). You might want to set a smaller smoothing transition zone than the default.
Thank you very much Robert This way setting up an periodic function is much easier and makes sense.