Signal Generator

What is the Signal Generator?

The Signal Generator is a widget used to generate a customized signal and inject it as a disturbance into the drive.

This tool can be accessed at any time by clicking the button at the top-right of the screen.

Configuring and working with the Signal Generator

The configuration properties available for this widget are the following:

Generator Signal type: Type of signal to be injected.
The available signal types are:
- Square
- Sinusoidal
- Sawtooth
Axis: Axis on which the signal will be applied.
Signal: Register where the disturbance will be applied.
Frequency: Frequency of the generated signal.
Amplitude: Signal amplitude (zero to peak).
Offset: Signal offset.

Examples

Example #1

In Figure 1, we can see the default configuration of the Signal Generator when using it with the Tune - Current Direct Tuning workspace. In Figure 2, we can see the result of injecting this disturbance into the drive.

**Figure 1.** Signal generator configurated to inject a Square signal.

**Figure 2.** Result of the configuration in Figure 1.

Example #2

This example uses the same configuration as in Example #1, but with the following requisites:

Show 4 signal cycles
Amplitude = 2
Offset = 1

To achieve this, the Signal Generator should be configured as follows:

**Figure 4.** Result of the configuration in Figure 3.