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+## Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Lukas F. Reichlin
+##
+## This file is part of LTI Syncope.
+##
+## LTI Syncope is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## LTI Syncope is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with LTI Syncope. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{mag}, @var{pha}, @var{w}] =} nichols (@var{sys})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{mag}, @var{pha}, @var{w}] =} nichols (@var{sys}, @var{w})
+## Nichols chart of frequency response. If no output arguments are given,
+## the response is printed on the screen.
+##
+## @strong{Inputs}
+## @table @var
+## @item sys
+## LTI system. Must be a single-input and single-output (SISO) system.
+## @item w
+## Optional vector of frequency values. If @var{w} is not specified,
+## it is calculated by the zeros and poles of the system.
+## Alternatively, the cell @code{@{wmin, wmax@}} specifies a frequency range,
+## where @var{wmin} and @var{wmax} denote minimum and maximum frequencies
+## in rad/s.
+## @end table
+##
+## @strong{Outputs}
+## @table @var
+## @item mag
+## Vector of magnitude. Has length of frequency vector @var{w}.
+## @item pha
+## Vector of phase. Has length of frequency vector @var{w}.
+## @item w
+## Vector of frequency values used.
+## @end table
+##
+## @seealso{bode, nyquist, sigma}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
+## Created: November 2009
+## Version: 0.4
+
+function [mag_r, pha_r, w_r] = nichols (sys, w = [])
+
+ ## TODO: multiplot feature: nichols (sys1, "b", sys2, "r", ...)
+
+ if (nargin == 0 || nargin > 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ [H, w] = __frequency_response__ (sys, w, false, 0, "ext");
+
+ H = reshape (H, [], 1);
+ mag = abs (H);
+ pha = unwrap (arg (H)) * 180 / pi;
+
+ if (! nargout)
+ mag_db = 20 * log10 (mag);
+
+ plot (pha, mag_db)
+ axis ("tight")
+ xlim (__axis_margin__ (xlim))
+ ylim (__axis_margin__ (ylim))
+ grid ("on")
+ title (["Nichols Chart of ", inputname(1)])
+ xlabel ("Phase [deg]")
+ ylabel ("Magnitude [dB]")
+ else
+ mag_r = mag;
+ pha_r = pha;
+ w_r = w;
+ endif
+
+endfunction
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