Click on the above image for a larger view of a Smith Chart running inside WCAP. We still have a decent number of enhancements to add before we’re ready to release WCAP 1.1.
Progress is being made on the Smith Chart enhancement for WCAP. It’s to the point of plotting in-impedances (blue) and out-impedances (red) for a transmission line. Some work still needs to be done on the data input model as well as the hover-over data tips so that you can see the actual values when you mouse-over a point.
Awhile back, we got a new feature request from ClearChannel for WCAP. They are currently having to copy/paste the transmission line analysis data from WCAP into another program in order to display it on a Smith Chart. I’ve been working with the Axiis data visualization open-source project to create a Smith Chart for them. Once completed, this functionality will be added to WCAP so that you’ll be able to visualize the transmission line data.