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Foo – How analyzer data point settings affects the measurement results

Obviously measuring things wrong and then making decisions and corrections based on bad measurement information is a waste of time at best.

I was curious how the different data point (the size of the sample window) affects a measurement.

In SpectraFoo Complete there are the following options to choose from.

Screen Shot 2014-07-19 at 4.25.11 PM

In order to keep track of the difference (if any), I took a snapshot via the “TAKE SNAPSHOT” button at the bottom left side of the TF window.

take snapshot

In that same area is a button to display the snapshot overlay list.

overlay list

This is what the overlay list looks like for this measurement process.
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When you’re saving snapshots and then comparing them, it’s sometimes helpful to discontinue the measurement process and clear away any remaining data on the screen so you’re only looking at snapshots. These are the places to stop the measurement and clear the window.

TF on off

TF clear

All of the functions mentioned above can be achieved with key commands:

foo command keys

This is what it looks like when you turn off the measurement tool & clear the realtime data while showing all the snapshots.