
Chapter 3 Working with Projects
© National Instruments Corporation 3-5 Getting Started with LabVIEW SignalExpress
Complete the following steps to configure the Distortion step and the 
Amplitude and Levels step.
1. Double-click the Distortion step in th e Project View. The Step Setup 
dialog box for the Distortion step appears, as shown in Figure 3-3.
Figure 3-3.  Distortion Step Setup Dialog Box
On the Configuration tab, the settings indicate that the Distortion step 
receives a time-domain waveform signal as an input, performs a power 
spectrum on the signal to convert it to the frequency domain, and 
computes the total harmonic distortion (THD) and fundamental 
frequency of the signal. The step generates three measurements as 
outputs—the spectrum, the THD, and the fundamental frequency of 
the original time-domain waveform input.
2. If the context help does not appear on the right  side of the screen, click 
the Show Help button, shown at left, to display complete reference 
information about the step. The upper half of the context help displays 
information about the step, and the lower half of the context help 
displays information about an object when you move the cursor over 
the object.