Appendix F: Miscellaneous
FĆ2
AWG2021 User Manual
Here is the equation for linear interpolation.
f (x) +
x–x
i
x
i)1
–x
i
{
f (x
i)1
)–f (x
i
)
}
) f (x
i
)
Here, i is the waveform point number; i takes integer values i = 1, 2, ..., n.
NOTE. The number of points can be increased or decreased, but the waveform
may lose its characteristics when the number of points are decreased.
Example 1: 5 points padded to 9 points.
Points before conversion
Points after conversion
Figure FĆ2: Point Padding
Example 2: Reducing from 9 points to 6
Points before conversion
Points after conversion
Figure FĆ3: Point Compression