The programme named “psd_XML.exe” calculates the potential PSD, the current PSD, and the noise impedance Zn (square root of the ratio PSD V/PSD I) of a XML noise data file. The programme can also divide the time record in one or several sections over which it averages the PSDs. It uses the configuration file “config_psd_XML.txt”. These two files must be in the directory where the data (XML file) is. Only the configuration file has to be modified according to your data. The structure of the configuration file is the following: fichier_in hanning (0 = no, 1 = yes) nb_section nbpoint_section fichier_out (fichier_in: name of the EN data file (XML-file); hanning: Hann window will be used (1) or not (0); nb_section: number of sections in which the EN data file is divided; nbpoint_section: number of points/samples in each section; fichier_out: name of the file with the PSD and Zn data) For example: Huet_RR1Mo_10Hz.xml 1 10 2048 Huet_RR1Mo_10HzPSD.txt for a data file “Huet_RR1Mo_10Hz.xml” containing 20480 pairs of V and I values. In that case, the data file is divided in 10 sections of 2048 pairs of V and I values and the Hann window is used in each section. The result is stored in the file “Huet_RR1Mo_10HzPSD.txt” as follows: data file = Huet_RR1Mo_10Hz.xml hanning = 1 nb_section = 10 nbpoint_section = 2048 frequency PSD_v PSD_i Zn 4.882813e-003 1.901942e-011 2.974846e-024 2.528520e+006 9.765625e-003 1.913229e-012 9.364153e-025 1.429385e+006 1.464844e-002 5.789599e-013 5.085475e-025 1.066985e+006 ... Please note: • no character "blank" in the names of fichier_in and fichier_out • nbpoint_section must be a power of 2 • in the XML file the values of potential and current noise have to be in V and A (if not, ask F. Huet for a modified programme) For modifications of the programme, please feel free to ask F. Huet (francois.huet@upmc.fr).