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Formula node

Available since phyphox file format 1.7 (phyphox 1.1.0)

For simple calculations, you can either use the math nodes listed below or write it all in a single formula node. In most cases, when you would need multiple math nodes otherwise, the formula node is faster as it does not need to read and write large buffers multiple times but can do the whole calculation in a single step. However, in some cases, not all options are available in the formula node and the implementation of both versions are not necessarily identical. 

<formula formula="[1]+sqrt((7+[2_])^[3_])">
    <input>singleValue</input>
    <input>multipleValues</input>
    <input>multipleValues2</input>
    <output>result</output>
</formula>

The example above takes a single value from the buffer "singleValue" and multiple values from the buffers "multipleValues" and "multipleValues2". These buffers are represented in the formula according to their order as 1, 2 and 3. If only a single value from a buffer is used, it is referred to as [1], but if multiple values should be used and the calculation should be repeated for each value and output a result for each value, an underscore is added as in [2_] or [3_]. The example then output the result of "A + sqrt((7+B)^C)", with A being the last single value from "singleValue" and B and C being the first value from "multipleValues" and "multipleValues2" respectively. This is repeated with the same single value for A but the second values from "multipleValues" and "multipleValues2" for B and C. In this example, sqrt is a common function across many programming languages and denotes the square root of its parameter.

The formula parser respects brackets ("(" and ")"), understands simple binary operants (+, -, *, /, % (modulo), ^ (power)) and common functions (sqrt, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2¹, sinh, cosh, tanh, exp, log, abs, sign, heaviside², round, ceil, floor, min¹², max¹²).

¹ atan2, min and max take two parameters (for example min(2,5) yields 2)

² heaviside, min and max are available since file format 1.10 (phyphox version 1.1.6)

Basic math

abs (absolute)

Calculates the absolute value of a single input element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer.

value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
abs
output
as not required

add

Calculates the sum of all inputs element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the biggest input buffer. If a buffer is shorter than the others (especially if one input is a single value), its last value will be repeated.

summand
input
as not required
Number of inputs: At least one
sum
output
as not required

divide

Calculates the quotient of multiple divisors from a single dividend element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the biggest input buffer. If a buffer is shorter than the others (especially if one input is a single value), its last value will be repeated.

For this simple function you can leave out the as attribute. If you do so, the first input will be used as dividend and all subsequent values as divisors.

dividend
input
as not required, but order matters if left out
Number of inputs: Exactly one
divisor
input
as not required, but order matters if left out
Number of inputs: Arbitrary
quotient
output
as not required

gcd (greatest common divisor)

Calculates the greatest common divisor of two inputs element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the biggest input buffer. If a buffer is shorter than the others (especially if one input is a single value), its last value will be repeated.

value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly two
gcd
output
as not required

lcm (least common multiple)

Calculates the least common multiple of two inputs element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the biggest input buffer. If a buffer is shorter than the others (especially if one input is a single value), its last value will be repeated.

value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly two
lcm
output
as not required

log

Available since phyphox file format 1.5 (phyphox 1.0.7)

Calculates the natural logarithm of a single input element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer.

value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
log
output
as not required

multiply

Calculates the product of all inputs element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the biggest input buffer. If a buffer is shorter than the others (especially if one input is a single value), its last value will be repeated.

factor
input
as not required
Number of inputs: At least one
product
output
as not required

power

Calculates the power of a base and an exponent element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the biggest input buffer. If a buffer is shorter than the others (especially if one input is a single value), its last value will be repeated.

base
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
exponent
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
power
output
as not required

round

Available since phyphox file format 1.5 (phyphox 1.0.7)

Round the values from the single input element-wise and writes the results to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer. By default it will round to the nearest integer. The attributes ceil and floor can change that to the nearest larger integer or the nearest smaller integer.

floor
attribute
optional, default: false
ceil
attribute
optional, default: false
value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
round
output
as not required


subtract

Calculates the difference of multiple subtrahends from a single minuend element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the biggest input buffer. If a buffer is shorter than the others (especially if one input is a single value), its last value will be repeated.

For this simple function you can leave out the as attribute. If you do so, the first input will be used as minuend and all subsequent values as subtrahends.

minuend
input
as not required, but order matters if left out
Number of inputs: Exactly one
subtrahend
input
as not required, but order matters if left out
Number of inputs: Arbitrary
difference
output
as not required

Trigonometric functions

acos

Calculates the inverse cosine of a single input (in radians) element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer. The module will calculate in radians unless degrees are specified using the deg attribute.

deg
attribute, Available since phyphox file format 1.2 (phyphox 1.0.3)
optional, default: false
value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
acos
output
as not required


asin

Calculates the inverse sine of a single input (in radians) element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer. The module will calculate in radians unless degrees are specified using the deg attribute.

deg
attribute, Available since phyphox file format 1.2 (phyphox 1.0.3)
optional, default: false
value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
asin
output
as not required

atan

Calculates the inverse tangens of a single input (in radians) element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer. The module will calculate in radians unless degrees are specified using the deg attribute.

deg
attribute, Available since phyphox file format 1.2 (phyphox 1.0.3)
optional, default: false
value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
atan
output
as not required

atan2

Calculates the two-argument variant of the inverse tangens (corresponding to atan(y/x), see Wikipadia for an explanation) element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer. The module will calculate in radians unless degrees are specified using the deg attribute.

deg
attribute, Available since phyphox file format 1.2 (phyphox 1.0.3)
optional, default: false
y
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
x
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
atan2
output
as not required

cos

Calculates the cosine of a single input (in radians) element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer. The module will calculate in radians unless degrees are specified using the deg attribute.

deg
attribute, Available since phyphox file format 1.2 (phyphox 1.0.3)
optional, default: false
value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
cos
output
as not required

cosh

Calculates the hyperbolic cosine of a single input (in radians) element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer.

value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
cosh
output
as not required

sin

Calculates the sine of a single input (in radians) element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer. The module will calculate in radians unless degrees are specified using the deg attribute.

deg
attribute, Available since phyphox file format 1.2 (phyphox 1.0.3)
optional, default: false
value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
sin
output
as not required

sinh

Calculates the hyperbolic sine of a single input (in radians) element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer.

value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
sinh
output
as not required

tan

Calculates the tangens of a single input (in radians) element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer. The module will calculate in radians unless degrees are specified using the deg attribute.

deg
attribute, Available since phyphox file format 1.2 (phyphox 1.0.3)
optional, default: false
value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
tan
output
as not required

tanh

Calculates the hyperbolic tangens of a single input (in radians) element-wise and writes it to a single output buffer. This module will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer.

value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
tanh
output
as not required

Statistics

average

Available since phyphox file format 1.2 (phyphox 1.0.3)

This module calculates the average of all values in the input buffer. Optionally (i.e. if the output is connected), the standard deviation is calculated as well (Corrected sample standard deviation).

buffer
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
average
output
as required
stddev
output
as required

binning

Available since phyphox file format 1.2 (phyphox 1.0.3)

The binning module distributes the values from its input in into ranges (bins) and outputs a mapping of these ranges and the number of values in each of them. The bins are set to x0..x0+dx..x0+2dx..x0+3dx etc. Therefore x0 defines an offset of the bins and dx the size of each bin. x0 defaults to zero and dx to 1, so without these, the module defaults to binning to integer intervals.

The output can directly be used to display a histogram. binStarts will receive the starting values of each range (bin) while the count is written to binCounts.

in
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
x0
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
dx
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
binStarts
output
as not required
binCounts
output
as not required

Advanced math

autocorrelation

This module will calculate the autocorrelation. It takes at least one input buffer y, but can take a second input x as well. If x is omitted, it will be filled with indices. Additionally, single value inputs minX and maxX can be set as well. These limit the x range over which the autocorrelation is calculated to improve performance. The module will return as many values as provided by the input buffer and fill the output buffer y with the normalized autocorrelation of the y input buffer. The x output buffer will be filled with the relative x of the autocorrelation based on the x input buffer.

x
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
y
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
minX
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
maxX
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
y
output
as required
x
output
as required

crosscorrelation

This module will calculate a crosscorrelation of two inputs. It will only calculate the part of the crosscorrelation for which the smaller buffer is entirely covered by the larger one. So with one input buffer of size n and one input of size m it will return exactly abs(m-n) values. If you need the crosscorrelation of two buffers of similar size, you will need to pad one of them with zeros first.

in
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly two
out
output
as not required

differentiate

Performs a simple differentiation of a single input by calculating the difference of consecutive elements. It will write the result to the output buffer with exactly one value less than there are values in the input buffer.

in
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
out
output
as not required

fft

This module will perform a fast fourier transform of a complex input and will write the complex result to the output buffers. For input and output the complex data is defined by two buffers re and im corresponding to the real and imaginary part. The imaginary buffer is optional and will be filled with zeros if omitted. This module will return as many values as provided by the input buffer.

re
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
im
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
re
output
as not required
im
output
as required

gausssmooth

This module will smooth the data provided from the only input. The data of each point will be calculated from neighbouring points with a gaussian distribution. The width of this distribution can be controlled by the attribute sigma and is interpreted in terms of value indices. This module will output as many values as there are values in the input buffer.

sigma
attribute
optional, default: 3.0
in
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
out
output
as not required

loess

Smooths data using locally estimated scatterplot smoothing (LOESS) aka local regression. It takes x and y data as well as a list of x values at which to generate smoothed y values. Additionally, you have to set the width of the windowing function (tri-cubic window). Smoothed data can be generated at the same x positions as the source data or anywhere as long as it is near the source data, so that it contributes within the window width. The data does not need to be ordered.

Optionally, you can use three outputs to directly get the local fit parameters yi0, yi1 and yi2 to the function y(x) = yi0 + yi1 * x + yi2 * x². In this formula, the axis for x is shifted such that x=0 is in place of the evaluated position xi. If the input is position data versus time, these parameters are great estimates for a (smoothed) position, the momentary velocity and the momentary acceleration. Note, that if you describe the location as a function of time from an initial location, velocity and acceleration, you would have the formula y(t) = y0 + v*t + 1/2 a*t², so if you want to extract location y0, velocity v and acceleration a from the fit parameters, you need to multiply the yi2 by two as yi2 = a/2.

x
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
Source data x values
y
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
Source data y values
d
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
Width of the tri-cubic weighting window
xi
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
x values at which output should be calculated
yi0
output
as not required
Default output that corresponds to a smoothed curve.
yi1
output
as required
Linear parameter of the fit (i.e. velocity for position data).
yi2
output
as required
Square parameter of the fit (i.e. acceleration for position data).

interpolate

Interpolate input data. It takes x and y values from the source data and a buffer with x values at which to interpolate the y input data. The attribute method determines the method for interpolation, which can be previous (the y value corresponding to the x value immediately preceeding the x value at which the data is to be interpolated), next (the y value corresponding to the x value immediately succeeding the x value at which the data is to be interpolated), nearest (the y value corresponding to the nearest x value to the x value at which the data is to be interpolated) and linear (the y is interpolated linearly). In all cases, the first or the last y value is simply reused if the evaluated x value is entirely outside the range of the input x values.

Note that both, x and xi need to be monotic (i.e. ordered).

method
attribute
optional, default: linear
can be previous, next, nearest or linear
x
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
Source data x values
y
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
Source data y values
xi
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
x values at which output should be calculated
out
output
as not required

integrate

Performs a simple integration of a single input by summing all elements and returning each step of the summation as a value. It will write as many values as there are values in the input buffer. So, if the input is a three-value array [v1, v2, v3], the output will be [v1, v1+v2, v1+v2+v3].

in
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
out
output
as not required

periodicity

Mathematically, this module is similar to the autocorrelation module, but is meant to analyse large amounts of data in small subsets. The output is the periodicity of each subset and the x location of this subset. The typical use is a time-based frequency analysis. You put in the recording of a (single frequency) musical melody and the output will be the frequencies as a function of time.

The x and y inputs take the data to be analyzed and you also need to define a step size dx in units of samples. This means, that the data will be split into subsets [0..dx-1], [dx..2dx-1], [2dx..3dx-1], etc. Optionally, you may define an overlap, describing the number of samples taken into the calculation from before and after the subset (hence, used in multiple subsets).

The algorithm expects the autocorrelation to be periodic. It looks for the first offset i0 at which it becomes negative and then searches for a maximum in the next positive period at 3*i0..5*i0. You may define an offset range (in samples) by setting min and/or max. If you do so, the algorithm will just search for a maximum between min and max. If you can set this range quite narrow, this will speed up the calculation vastly, but if min/max cover multiple periods, this will quite certainly be slower and give wrong results.

While all parameters are defined in samples, the resulting output time will be in units of the input x.

x
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
y
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
dx
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
overlap
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
min
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
max
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
time
output
as required
period
output
as required

Buffer operations

append

This module appends all the values of the input buffers to a single output buffer. The order of the buffers will match the order their values appear in the output buffer. This module will return as many value as the sum of the input buffer sizes.

in
input
as not required
type="empty" allowed
Number of inputs: At least one
out
output
as not required

count

Available since phyphox file format 1.2 (phyphox 1.0.3)

Returns the number of values in the input buffer

buffer
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
count
output
as not required

first

Retrieves the first entry of each buffer and appends it to each output buffer.

value
input
as not required
Number of inputs: At least one
first
output
as not required
Multiple may be defined!

match

This module takes multiple inputs and match valid values to the same number of outputs. The module will go through all inputs simultaneously and only return those value for which all inputs have a finite value.

If for example input1 provides [1, 2, NaN, 4, 5] and input2 provides [11, +Inf, 13, 14], the result will be [1, 4] for output1 and [11, 14] for output2. The other value pairs (more than two inputs are allowed though) were filtered as one of both inputs was infinite, not a number ("NaN") or just did not have any more values.

in
input
as not required
Number of inputs: At least one
out
output
as not required
Multiple may be defined!


map

Available since phyphox file format 1.7 (phyphox 1.1.0)

This module takes three buffers representing x, y and z data. The data may be scattered across randomly and may be unordered. This module will be given ranges as well as a desired number of values along x and y and then rearrange the x, y, z data into a grid that is suitable to be displayed in a color map plot. 

<map zMode="average">
    <input as="mapWidth" type="value">100</input>
    <input as="minX" type="value">0</input>
    <input as="maxX" type="value">10</input>
    <input as="mapHeight" type="value">100</input>
    <input as="minY" type="value">1</input>
    <input as="maxY" type="value">2</input>
    <input as="x">xData</input>
    <input as="y">yData</input>
    <input as="z">zData</input>
    <output as="x">xMapOut</output>
    <output as="y">yMapOut</output>
    <output as="z">zMapOut</output>
</map>

The example above takes xData, yData and zData and creates a grid of 100 by 100 data points covering x values from 0 to 10 and y values from 1 to 2.

zMode
attribute
optional, determines how the z data is produced from the input points, average averages all z values in a grid point, count counts the number of values (no z data has to be provided here) for each point and "sum" adds up all z values of a grid point, default: average
mapWidth
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
minX
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
maxX
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
mapHeight
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
minY
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
maxY
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
x
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
y
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
z
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none.
x
output
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
y
output
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
z
output
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.


max

Returns the maximum and its position. This module takes at least one input y and looks for the maximum of this buffer, but may also take a second input x. If x is defined, it will return the position of this maximum in terms of the associated x value. If x is not defined, position will be the index of the maximum.

If you want to find multiple local maxima, you can set the attribute "multiple" to true. In this case a third input may be used, which provides a threshold. The algorithm will split the data into sets that are entirely above the threshold and return a maximum and position for each set.

This module will return exactly one value per call if multiple is deactivated (default).

x
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
y
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
threshold
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
max
output
as required
position
output
as required

min

Returns the minimum and its position. This module takes at least one input y and looks for the minimum of this buffer, but may also take a second input x. If x is defined, it will return the position of this minimum in terms of the associated x value. If x is not defined, position will be the index of the minimum.

If you want to find multiple local minima, you can set the attribute "multiple" to true. In this case a third input may be used, which provides a threshold. The algorithm will split the data into sets that are entirely above the threshold and return a minimum and position for each set.

This module will return exactly one value per call if multiple is deactivated (default).

x
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
y
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
threshold
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
min
output
as required
position
output
as required


rangefilter

This module takes multiple inputs and allows to set min and max limits for each of them. The module will go through all inputs simultaneously and only return those value for which all inputs fall within their set min and max range. If one input is shorter than the others, its values are set to NaN and will not trigger the filter.

Min and max have to be defined immediately after the corresponding input and are treated as a single value (last value for buffers). The outputs correspond to the order of the inputs. Here multiple outputs can be defined with the same name!

In the following example in1 will trigger the filter if not in the range of 0 and 42, in2 will not trigger the filter at all (but if in1 or in3 trigger the filter only corresponding elements will be returned) and in3 will trigger the filter if the value is larger than the value in the buffer "limit". The results will be written to the buffers "out1", "out2" and "out3". 

<rangefilter>
    <input>in1</input>
    <input as="min" type="value">0</input>
    <input as="max" type="value">42</input>
    <input>in2</input>
    <input>in3</input>
    <input as="max">limit</input>
    <output>out1</output>
    <output>out2</output>
    <output>out3</output>
</rangefilter>
in
input
as not required
Number of inputs: At least one
min
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none per in input. This always refers to the previously defined in buffer.
max
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none per in input. This always refers to the previously defined in buffer.
out
output
as not required
Multiple may be defined!

reduce

Available since phyphox file format 1.7 (phyphox 1.1.0)

This module takes a buffer with multiple values and reduces the number of items by a given (integer) factor. It distinguishes between x and y values and allows for different strategies like summing or averaging values which fall into a single value. A factor smaller than 1 can be used to inflate the size, but in this case the module will simply duplicate each item, so each item occurs round(1/factor) times. 

<reduce averageX="false" averageY="false" sumY="false">
    <input as="factor" type="value">2</input>
    <input as="x">xBuffer</input>
    <input as="y">yBuffer</input>
    <output as="x">out1</output>
    <output as="y">out2</output>
</reduce>
averageX
attribute
optional, x values will be averaged to produce x output values, default: false
averageY
attribute
optional, y values will be averaged to produce y output values, default: false
sumY
attribute
optional, the y output values will be the sum of the original y value, default: false
factor
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
x
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
y
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none.
x
output
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one.
y
output
as required
Number of inputs: One or none.

subrange

This module takes multiple inputs and returns all values within a given index range. This is much faster than using the rangefilter module for this purpose. The range is set using the inputs from (inclusive) and to (exclusive). Optionally, instead of setting to, you can set length, defining the total number of values returned after from. 

<subrange>
    <input as="from" type="value">0</input>
    <input as="to">countBuffer</input>
    <input>in1</input>
    <input>in2</input>
    <output>out1</output>
    <output>out2</output>
</subrange>
from
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none. Defaults to 0
to
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none. Defaults to length of input
length
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none. Defaults to length of input, supersedes to
in
input
as not required
Number of inputs: At least one
out
output
as not required
Multiple may be defined!

sort

This module takes at least one input and sorts it. Values in additional inputs will follow the sorting of the first input buffer. By default, the values in the first buffer will be sorted in ascending order. This can be reversed with the attribute descending.

The number of values returned matches the number of values in the shortest buffer.

descending
attribute
optional, default: false
in
input
as not required
Number of inputs: At least one
The first input will determine the order of all values
out
output
as not required


threshold

This module takes at least one input y and looks for position at which the values cross a given threshold. the input threshold is interpreted as a single value (last added element). This module may also take a third input x. If x is defined, it will return the position of the crossing in terms of the associated x value. If x is not defined, position will be the index of the crossing.

You can also define the attribute falling as true to search for a crossing from larger to smaller values.

This module will return exactly one value per call.

falling
attribute
optional, default: false
x
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
y
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
threshold
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none (defaults to 0.0)
position
output
as not required

Data genreation

const

This module will initialize a buffer to a constant value. Both inputs are optional and without any inputs it will fill the entire buffer with zero. If value is set, the buffer gets filled with this value and if length is set, only 'length values will be initialized. (This is usefull in combination with the append module to zero-pad a buffer.)

value
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
length
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
out
output
as not required


ramp

This module will create a ramp of values, i.e. a linear range of values. This is very usefull to create time bases for example for audio recordings. The module takes as inputs start, stop and the optional length. It will make that the first value is exactly start and the last value is stop. It will return length values or if length is not provided as many values as the size of the output buffer.

start
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
stop
input
as required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
length
input
as required
Number of inputs: One or none
out
output
as not required


timer

Simple module which outputs the (fractional) seconds that have past since the experiment started (referred to as "experiment time") and the current analysis run began. By default, experiment time does not increase while the experiment is paused and will continue with barely any gap when the experiment is resumed. Alternatively, you can set the attribute `linearTime` to `true` to output "linear time" instead which is almost identical to experiment time but keeps increasing while the experiment is paused.

The timer module has a second output that gives the offset between the given time (experiment or linear time) and the widely used Unix timestamp which is seconds since 01.01.1970.

linearTime
attribute
optional, default: false, Available since phyphox file format 1.12 (phyphox 1.1.8)
out
output
as not required
offset1970
output
as required, Available since phyphox file format 1.12 (phyphox 1.1.8)

Logic

if

Available since phyphox file format 1.3 (phyphox 1.0.4)

The if module is the phyphox equivalent to the if-statement of a programming language. It takes two inputs a and b and will behave differently depending on the relation of the last values found there. By changing the attributes less, equal or greater, you can decide whether you are looking for a < b, a = b or a > b, respectively. If the relation is true, the if-module will write the data from the input true to the output, otherwise it will write the data from the input false. If you enable multiple attributes, the input true is used if any of them is fulfilled, so if you enable less and equal, a <= b will write the true input to the output, while a > b writes the false input.

Since version 1.4 (phyphox 1.0.6) you may set an input to be of the type empty. Effectively, this does not change the output as nothing is written, but can make sense in combination with setting the output to clear. In this case, the if module behaves somewhat special as it only clears its output if a matching input is connected. For example if you set the true input to empty, do not connect the false input and set the output to clear, it will only clear the output if the condition is true, but leaves it alone otherwise. This can be used as a reset condition. Note, that since the visual editor does not support reusing buffers, you probably cannot do this there in a reasonable way...

less
attribute
optional, default: false
equal
attribute
optional, default: false
greater
attribute
optional, default: false
a
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
b
input
as not required
Number of inputs: Exactly one
true
input
as not required
type="empty" allowed
Number of inputs: Exactly one
false
input
as not required
type="empty" allowed
Number of inputs: Exactly one
out
output
as not required
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