Scipy/Numpy FFT Frequency Analysis

Question

I\'m looking for how to turn the frequency axis in a fft (taken via scipy.fftpack.fftfreq) into a frequency in Hertz, rather than bins or fractional bins.

I tried to

Answer 1

I think you don't need to do fftshift(), and you can pass sampling period to fftfreq():

import scipy
import scipy.fftpack
import pylab
from scipy import pi
t = scipy.linspace(0,120,4000)
acc = lambda t: 10*scipy.sin(2*pi*2.0*t) + 5*scipy.sin(2*pi*8.0*t) + 2*scipy.random.random(len(t))

signal = acc(t)

FFT = abs(scipy.fft(signal))
freqs = scipy.fftpack.fftfreq(signal.size, t[1]-t[0])

pylab.subplot(211)
pylab.plot(t, signal)
pylab.subplot(212)
pylab.plot(freqs,20*scipy.log10(FFT),'x')
pylab.show()

from the graph you can see there are two peak at 2Hz and 8Hz.