From eed5673f95f9400c696c1dca2b83f6cfc3f286be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stan Grams <sjg@haxx.space>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:13:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [feat](trx-frontend-http): smooth spectrum waveform

Co-authored-by: Codex <codex@openai.com>
Signed-off-by: Stan Grams <sjg@haxx.space>
---
 .../trx-frontend-http/assets/web/app.js       | 26 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/app.js b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/app.js
index aa5b574..7936c2d 100644
--- a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/app.js
+++ b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/app.js
@@ -2988,6 +2988,7 @@ let spectrumSource = null;
 let spectrumReconnectTimer = null;
 let spectrumDrawPending = false;
 let spectrumAxisKey = "";
+let lastSpectrumRenderData = null;
 
 // Zoom / pan state.  zoom >= 1; panFrac in [0,1] is the fraction of the full
 // bandwidth at the centre of the visible window.
@@ -2997,6 +2998,7 @@ let spectrumPanFrac = 0.5;
 // Y-axis level: floor = bottom dB value shown; range = total dB span.
 let spectrumFloor = -115;
 let spectrumRange = 80;
+const SPECTRUM_SMOOTH_ALPHA = 0.42;
 
 // BW-strip drag state.
 let _bwDragEdge     = null; // "left" | "right" | null
@@ -3007,6 +3009,23 @@ function spectrumBgColor() {
   return canvasPalette().bg;
 }
 
+function buildSpectrumRenderData(frame) {
+  if (!frame || !Array.isArray(frame.bins)) return frame;
+  const prev = lastSpectrumRenderData;
+  const canBlend =
+    prev &&
+    Array.isArray(prev.bins) &&
+    prev.bins.length === frame.bins.length &&
+    prev.sample_rate === frame.sample_rate &&
+    prev.center_hz === frame.center_hz;
+  const bins = frame.bins.map((value, idx) => {
+    if (!canBlend) return value;
+    const prevValue = prev.bins[idx];
+    return prevValue + (value - prevValue) * SPECTRUM_SMOOTH_ALPHA;
+  });
+  return { ...frame, bins };
+}
+
 // Returns { loHz, hiHz, visLoHz, visHiHz, fullSpanHz, visSpanHz } and clamps
 // panFrac so the view never scrolls past the edges.
 function spectrumVisibleRange(data) {
@@ -3155,6 +3174,7 @@ function startSpectrumStreaming() {
   spectrumSource.onmessage = (evt) => {
     if (evt.data === "null") {
       lastSpectrumData = null;
+      lastSpectrumRenderData = null;
       overviewWaterfallRows = [];
       overviewWaterfallPushCount = 0;
       _wfResetOffscreen();
@@ -3165,6 +3185,7 @@ function startSpectrumStreaming() {
     }
     try {
       lastSpectrumData = JSON.parse(evt.data);
+      lastSpectrumRenderData = buildSpectrumRenderData(lastSpectrumData);
       rdsFrameCount++;
       pushOverviewWaterfallFrame(lastSpectrumData);
       refreshCenterFreqDisplay();
@@ -3192,6 +3213,7 @@ function stopSpectrumStreaming() {
   }
   spectrumDrawPending = false;
   lastSpectrumData = null;
+  lastSpectrumRenderData = null;
   rdsFrameCount = 0;
   overviewWaterfallRows = [];
   overviewWaterfallPushCount = 0;
@@ -3399,8 +3421,8 @@ function scheduleSpectrumDraw() {
   spectrumDrawPending = true;
   requestAnimationFrame(() => {
     spectrumDrawPending = false;
-    if (lastSpectrumData) {
-      drawSpectrum(lastSpectrumData);
+    if (lastSpectrumRenderData) {
+      drawSpectrum(lastSpectrumRenderData);
       if (overviewWaterfallRows.length > 0) scheduleOverviewDraw();
     }
   });