Help: Drawing periodic triangle waveform with period (2*pi) and peak between (0 and -pi).

I need to draw periodic triangle waveform with period (2*pi) that repeats between (-3*pi to 3*pi) with a maximum peak value (0) and minimum peak value equal to (-pi)...Any ideas??

I appreciate any help. Thanks

Answer 1

[Mohammed Sayan]

x=-3*pi:0.01:3*pi;
f=@(x) pi*(-sawtooth(x,0.5)-1)/2;
line(x,f(x),'color','r', 'linewidth',2.5)

[Image Analyst]

Note: requires the Signal Processing Toolbox.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Here's my triangle wave demo. Creates one triangle then uses repmat to replicate it. Feel free to modify to suit your needs:

format longg;
format compact;
clc;  % Clear command window.
workspace;  % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
fontSize = 15;

% Define some parameters that define the triangle wave.
elementsPerHalfPeriod = 30; % Number of elements in each rising or falling section.
amplitude = 5; % Peak-to-peak amplitude.
verticalOffset = -2; % Also acts as a phase shift.
numberOfPeriods = 4; % How many replicates of the triangle you want.

% Construct one cycle, up and down.
risingSignal = linspace(0, amplitude, elementsPerHalfPeriod);
fallingSignal = linspace(amplitude, 0, elementsPerHalfPeriod);
% Combine rising and falling sections into one single triangle.
oneCycle = [risingSignal, fallingSignal(2:end-1)] + verticalOffset;
x = 0 : length(oneCycle)-1;

% Now plot the triangle.
subplot(3, 1,  1);
plot(x, oneCycle, 'bo-');
grid on;
title('One Cycle of the Triangle', 'FontSize', fontSize);
% Enlarge figure to full screen.
set(gcf, 'units','normalized','outerposition',[0 0 1 1]);
% Give a name to the title bar.
set(gcf,'name','Demo by ImageAnalyst','numbertitle','off') 

% Now replicate this cycle several (numberOfPeriods) times.
triangleWaveform = repmat(oneCycle, [1 numberOfPeriods]);
x = 0 : length(triangleWaveform)-1;

% Now plot the triangle wave.
subplot(3, 1,  2);
plot(x, triangleWaveform, 'bo-');
grid on;
title('Several Cycles of the Triangle', 'FontSize', fontSize);

% Now blur it to smooth it out:
windowWidth = 9;
smoothTriangleWave = conv(triangleWaveform, ones(1,windowWidth)/windowWidth, 'same');
subplot(3, 1,  3);
plot(x, smoothTriangleWave, 'bo-');
grid on;
title('Smoothed Triangle Wave', 'FontSize', fontSize);