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What's New in SoftWIRE 6.0

The latest version of SoftWIRE has been extensively expanded, with over 100 powerful new controls that enable you to perform highly complex data acquisition and signal analysis operations. No need to write complicated code - just wire in the control you need!

The new controls in SoftWIRE 6.0, with some of the icons illustrated, are as follows:

SoftWIRE 6.0 New Maths Controls

	MathConstants	Provides common constants used in measurement applications
	PeakDetector	Calculates the location, amplitude and second derivatives of peaks or valleys in the input array
	ThresholdPeakDetector	Analyses the input sequence for valid peaks and returns the indices of all found peaks

SoftWIRE 6.0 New Statistics Controls

	Mean	Computes the mean of the values in the input array
	Median	Computes the mean of the values in the input array
	Mode	Calculates the value which occurs most often in the input array
	Moment	Computes the moment about the mean of the specified order for the input array
	RootMeanSquare	Computes the root mean squared (rms) of the input array

SoftWIRE 6.0 New Array Controls

	ArraySize	Returns the size of a 1 or 2 dimensional array
	ArrayClip	Constrains the value of the elements of a 1D or 2D array between specified limits
	CopyColumn	Copies the specified column of a 2 dimensional array to a 1dimensional array
	CopyRow	Copies the specified row of a 2 dimensional array to a 1 dimensional array
	ArrayMaxMin	Returns the maximum and minimum values and indexes in a 1 or 2 dimensional array
	ArrayLinearScale	Scales each value in the input array using the relationship y=mx+b where m is the slope and b is the offset
	ArrayPolynomialScale	Scales each value in the input array using a set of polynomial coefficients
	ArrayNormalize	Applies a formula to normalize the input array
	ArrayQuickScale	Allows you to quickly scale an array of numbers within the range [-1:1]
	ArrayScale	Scales an array to the range [-1:1], and output an array of scaled values as well as the calculated offset and scale factor of the array
	ArrayShift	Shifts the position of the elements in an array
	ArraySum	Calculates the sum of the elements of the input array
	SplitColumns	Splits multiple columns in a 2 dimensional array into individual 1 dimensional arrays

SoftWIRE 6.0 New Windowing Controls

	ScaledWindow	Applies a scaled window to a time-domain signal and outputs window constants for further analysis
	BlackmanWindow	Applies a Blackman window to the input signal
	BlackmanHarrisWindow	Applies a BlackmanHarris window to the input signal
	BlackmanNuttalWindow	Applies a Blackman Nuttal window to the input signal
	CosineTaperedWindow	Applies a Cosine Tapered window to the input signal
	DolphChebyshevWindow	Applies a Dolph Chebyshev window to the input signal
	ExactBlackmanWindow	Applies a Exact Blackman window to the input signal
	ExponentialWindow	Applies a Exponential window to the input signal
	FlatTopWindow	Applies a Flat Top window to the input signal
	ForceWindow	Applies a Force window to the input signal
	GaussWindow	Applies a Flat Top window to the input signal
	GeneralCosineWindow	Applies a General Cosine window to the input signal
	HammingWindow	Applies a Hamming window to the input signal
	HanningWindow	Applies a Hanning window to the input signal
	KaiserWindow	Applies a Kaiser window to the input signal
	TriangularWindow	Applies a Triangular window to the input signal

SoftWIRE 6.0 New Signal Processing Controls

	AutoCorrelate	Calculates the autocorrelation of the input array
	Convolve	Calculates the convolution of the input arrays
	CrossCorrelate	Calculates the cross correlation of the input arrays
	Decimate	Decimates the input array by a decimating factor
	Deconvolve	Calculates the deconvolution of the input arrays
	Differentiate	Calculates the discrete difference of the input array
	Integrate	Calculates the discrete integration of the sampled signal using Simpson's Rule
	PulseParameters	Analyses an input pulse and generates the parameters which best describe the pulse
	UnwrapPhase	Unwraps a phase array by eliminating discontinuities whose absolute values exceed Pi

SoftWIRE 6.0 New Transform Function Controls

	CrossSpectrum	Calculates calculates the double-sided cross power spectrum of the input arrays
	FastHartley	Calculates the Fast Hartley transform of the input array
	FastHilbert	Calculates the Fast Hilbert transform of the input array
	ComplexFFT	Calculates the complex Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
	RealFFT	Calculates the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of a real-valued array
	ImpulseResponse	Calculates the impulse response of a network based on time-domain signals, stimulus and response
	InverseFastHartley	Calculates the Inverse Fast Hartley transform of the input array
	InverseFastHilbert	Calculates the Inverse Fast Hilbert transform of the input array
	InverseFFT	Calculates the complex Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
	InverseRealFFT	Calculates the Inverse FFT of a real-valued array
	PowerSpectrum	Calculates the power spectrum of an array

SoftWIRE 6.0 New IIR Filter Controls

	BesselBandpassFilter	Implements an IIR Bessell Bandpass Filter
	BesselBandstopFilter	Implements an IIR Bessell Bandstop Filter
	BesselHighpassFilter	Implements an IIR Bessell Highpass Filter
	BesselLowpassFilter	Implements an IIR Bessell Lowpass Filter
	ButterworthBandpassFilter	Implements an IIR Butterworth Bandpass Filter
	ButterworthBandstopFilter	Implements an IIR Butterworth Bandstop Filter
	ButterworthHighpassFilter	Implements an IIR Butterworth Highpass Filter
	ButterworthLowpassFilter	Implements an IIR Butterworth Lowpass Filter
	ChebyshevBandpassFilter	Implements an IIR Chebyshev Bandpass Filter
	ChebyshevBandstopFilter	Implements an IIR Chebyshev Bandstop Filter
	ChebyshevHighpassFilter	Implements an IIR Chebyshev Highpass Filter
	ChebyshevLowpassFilter	Implements an IIR Chebyshev Lowpass Filter
	EllipticBandpassFilter	Implements an IIR Elliptic Bandpass Filter
	EllipticBandstopFilter	Implements an IIR Elliptic Bandstop Filter
	EllipticHighpassFilter	Implements an IIR Elliptic Highpass Filter
	EllipticLowpassFilter	Implements an IIR Elliptic Lowpass Filter
	InverseChebyshevBandpassFilter	Implements an IIR InverseChebyshev Bandpass Filter
	InverseChebyshevBandstopFilter	Implements an IIR InverseChebyshev Bandstop Filter
	InverseChebyshevHighpassFilter	Implements an IIR InverseChebyshev Highpass Filter
	InverseChebyshevLowpassFilter	Implements an IIR InverseChebyshev Lowpass Filter

SoftWIRE 6.0 New FIR Filter Controls

	EquiRippleBandpassFilter	Implements an EquiRipple Bandpass FIR Filter.
	EquiRippleBandstopFilter	Implements an EquiRipple Bandstop FIR Filter.
	EquiRippleHighpassFilter	Implements an EquiRipple Highpass FIR Filter.
	EquiRippleLowpassFilter	Implements an EquiRipple Lowpass FIR Filter.
	KaiserWindowFIRBandpassFilter	Implements a KaiserWindow Bandpass FIR Filter.
	KaiserWindowFIRBandstopFilter	Implements a KaiserWindow Bandstop FIR Filter.
	KaiserWindowFIRHighpassFilter	Implements a KaiserWindow Highpass FIR Filter.
	KaiserWindowFIRLowpassFilter	Implements a KaiserWindow Lowpass FIR Filter.
	WindowedFIRBandpassFilter	Implements a Windowed Bandpass FIR Filter.
	WindowedFIRBandstopFilter	Implements a Windowed Bandstop FIR Filter.
	WindowedFIRHighpassFilter	Implements a Windowed Highpass FIR Filter.
	WindowedFIRLowpassFilter	Implements a Windowed Lowpass FIR Filter.

SoftWIRE 6.0 New Spectral Measurement Controls

	ACDCEstimator	Estimates the AC and DC levels of an input signal.
	AmplitudePhaseSpectrum	Calculates the single-sided, scaled amplitude spectrum magnitude and amplitude spectrum phase of a real, time-domain signal.
	AutoPowerSpectrum	Calculates the single-sided, scaled, auto power spectrum of a time-domain signal.
	CrossPowerSpectrum	Calculates the single-sided, scaled, cross power spectrum of two real-time signals.
	HarmonicAnalyzer	Calculates the fundamental and harmonic components (amplitude and frequency) present in the input auto power spectrum.
	SpectrumUnitConversion	Converts either the power, amplitude, or gain (amplitude ratio) spectrum to alternate formats including Log (decibel and dbm) and spectrum density.
	Transfer Function	Calculates the single-sided TransferFunction (frequency response) of a network under test.
	PowerFrequencyEstimate	Calculates the estimated power and frequency around a peak in the power spectrum of a time-domain signal.

SoftWIRE 6.0 New Curve Fitting Controls

	ExponentialFit	Calculates the exponential curve values and the set of exponential coefficients, amplitude and damping which describe the exponential curve that best represents the input data set using the least squares solution.
	LinearFit	Calculates the line values which describe the line that best represents the input data set using the least-squares solution.
	PolynomialFit	Calculates the polynomial curve values and the set of polynomial fit coefficients, which describes the polynomial curve that best represents the input data set.
	PolynomialInterpolation	Interpolates y at x using a polynomial function.
	RationalInterpolation	Interpolates y at x using a rational function.
	SplineInterpolation	Calculates the interpolated y-value at the defined x-value for the unique polynomial passing through the set of points (InputXData, inputYData) using a cubic spline interpolation.

SoftWIRE 6.0 New Signal Generation Controls

	FunctionGenerator	Generates a specified function waveform using various parameters.
	ArbitrarySignalGenerator	Generates an arbitrary signal.
	GaussianNoiseGenerator	Generates a Gaussian noise pattern.
	ChirpGenerator	Generates a Chirp pattern.
	ImpulseGenerator	Generates a waveform containing an impulse pattern.
	PulseGenerator	Generates a waveform containing a pulse pattern.
	RampGenerator	Generates a waveform containing a ramp pattern.
	SincGenerator	Generates a waveform containing a sinc pattern.
	UniformNoiseGenerator	Generates a uniform noise signal, distributed uniformly between 0.0 and 1.0.
	WhiteNoiseGenerator	Generates a white noise signal.
	CompositeSignalGenerator	Generates a composite signal based on up to five separate input signals.

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