This tutorial paper discusses the frequency spectra of some simple laboratory waveforms, based on Fourier Transform and Fourier Series analysis. It is shown that the effective bandwidth may be well approximated by the reciprocal of the pulse width. A table gives some properties of the Fourier Transform, and Appendices give a BASIC language computer program for computing Fourier bandwidth estimates, and an interpretation of frequency content in terms of musical tones.
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