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Overview
On this page Introduction to FDA Tool Integrated Products Filter Design Methods Using the Filter Design and Analysis Tool Analyzing Filter Responses Filter Design and Analysis Tool Panels Getting Help

Introduction to FDA Tool

The Filter Design and Analysis Tool (FDATool) is a user interface for designing and analyzing filters quickly. FDATool enables you to design digital FIR or IIR filters by setting filter specifications, by importing filters from your MATLAB workspace, or by adding, moving or deleting poles and zeros. FDATool also provides tools for analyzing filters, such as magnitude and phase response and pole-zero plots. Back to Top

Integrated Products
FDATool seamlessly integrates additional functionality from other MathWorks products as described in the following table.

Product TI's C2000 Filter Design HDL Coder

Added Features Download code to TI's C2000 DSP target board Generate synthesizable VHDL or Verilog for fixed-point filters

Filter Design Toolbox Advanced FIR and IIR design techniques (see Advanced Filter Design Methods) Filter transformations Multirate filters Fixed-point filters (available only with Simulink Fixed Point product) Embedded IDE Link Signal Processing Blockset

Export code usable by Code Composer Studio software Generate equivalent Signal Processing Blockset block for the filter Generate filters from atomic Simulink blocks

Simulink

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Filter Design Methods

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FDATool gives you access to the following Signal Processing Toolbox filter design methods.

Design Method Butterworth Chebyshev Type I Chebyshev Type II Elliptic Maximally Flat Equiripple Least-squares

Function butter cheby1 cheby2 ellip maxflat firpm firls

Constrained least-squares fircls Complex equiripple Window cfirpm fir1

When using the window method in FDATool, all Signal Processing Toolbox window functions are available, and you can specify a user-defined window by entering its function name and input parameter.

Advanced Filter Design Methods

The following advanced filter design methods are available if you have Filter Design Toolbox software.

Design Method Constrained equiripple FIR Constrained-band equiripple FIR Generalized remez FIR Equripple halfband FIR Least P-norm optimal FIR Equiripple Nyquist FIR Interpolated FIR IIR comb notching or peaking

Function firceqrip fircband firgr firhalfband firlpnorm firnyquist ifir iircomb

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Design Method Allpass filter (given group delay) Least P-norm optimal IIR Constrained least P-norm IIR Second-order IIR notch

Function iirgrpdelay iirlpnorm iirlpnormc iirnotch

Second-order IIR peaking (resonator) iirpeak

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Using the Filter Design and Analysis Tool

There are different ways that you can design filters using the Filter Design and Analysis Tool. For example: You can first choose a response type, such as bandpass, and then choose from the available FIR or IIR filter design methods. You can specify the filter by its type alone, along with certain frequency- or time-domain specifications such as passband frequencies and stopband frequencies. The filter you design is then computed using the default filter design method and filter order. Back to Top

Analyzing Filter Responses

Once you have designed your filter, you can display the filter coefficients and detailed filter information, export the coefficients to the MATLAB workspace, and create a C header file containing the coefficients, and analyze different filter responses in FDATool or in a separate Filter Visualization Tool (fvtool). The following filter responses are available: Magnitude response (freqz) Phase response (phasez) Group delay (grpdelay) Phase delay (phasedelay) Impulse response (impz) Step response (stepz) Pole-zero plots (zplane) Zero-phase response (zerophase) Back to Top

Filter Design and Analysis Tool Panels

The Filter Design and Analysis Tool has sidebar buttons that display particular panels in the lower half of the tool. The panels are Design Filter. See Choosing a Filter Design Method for more information. You use this panel to Design filters from scratch. Modify existing filters designed in FDATool. Analyze filters. Import filter. See Importing a Filter Design for more information. You use this panel to Import previously saved filters or filter coefficients that you have stored in the MATLAB workspace. Analyze imported filters. Pole/Zero Editor. See Editing the Filter Using the Pole/Zero Editor. You use this panel to add, delete, and move

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poles and zeros in your filter design. If you also have Filter Design Toolbox product installed, additional panels are available: Set quantization parameters Use this panel to quantize double-precision filters that you design in FDATool, quantize double-precision filters that you import into FDATool, and analyze quantized filters. Transform filter Use this panel to change a filter from one response type to another. Multirate filter design Use this panel to create a multirate filter from your existing FIR design, create CIC filters, and linear and hold interpolators. If you have Simulink installed, this panel is available: Realize Model Use this panel to create a Simulink block containing the filter structure. See Exporting to a Simulink Model for more information. Back to Top

Getting Help
At any time, you can right-click or click the What's this? button, , to get information on the different parts of the tool. You can also use the Help menu to see complete Help information. Back to Top
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