BSA Flow Software Installation and User's Guide - CSI

Mean and RMS The last columns contain the calculated Mean-velocities and RMS-values for
each of the bins. In the example in Figure 6-47 and Figure 6-48, the samples
come from LDA1, but they may also come from another channel, or be
labelled U, V or W, if coincidence filtering and coordinate transformation
has been performed prior to phase sorting.
Again coincidence filtering prior to phase sorting will yield mean- and RMSvalues
for all of the samples (velocities) available.
In case of PDA data, Mean and RMS diameter are also calculated.
Encoder based
In Figure 6-49 phase sorting has been done on the basis of encoder pulses,
using Reset Encoder to mark cycle resets.
Encoder based information Encoder averaged information
Figure 6-49 Output from the Cyclic phenomena object, Encoder and Reset
Encoder inputs active (Not the same project as previous figure)
AT The arrival time shown here is relative to start of the acquisition.
Encoder The Encoder shown in Figure 6-49 is relative to the latest Reset-Pulse
received. Synchronization mode Encoder count, phase sorting is done based
on this value. It should be noticed that the encoder is running continuously
and then some sample data might be recorded before the first reset encoder
pulse: this data cannot be taken into account in the calculations.
TT The Tansit Time shown is the measured transit time of each particle.
Angle The column labelled Angle contains estimated phase angles measured from
the encoder pulses. The phase angles are estimated from the number of
pulses since last reset, and the cycle length specified in the property Pulses
pr. Cycle.
Cycle No The Cycle number is the number of encoder reset events.
Bin No A cycle is divided in a number of bins (see chapter 6.3.4). The bin No is the
bin number that each sample belongs to. Please, note that the bin resolution
is determined by the encoder resolution: number of bin should not be higher
that the encoder pulses per cycle.
Raw Information The sixth column contains the phase-sorted individual samples. In the
example in, the samples come from LDA1.
With 2- or 3-dimensional measurements coordinate transformation can be
performed prior to phase sorting, and the resulting orthogonal velocities U,
V and W will then be shown in separate columns. Coordinate transformation
requires coincidence filtering, and whenever coincidence filtering is
6-50 BSA Flow Software: Options and Add-ons