# Is it easy to draw a simple sine wave?

I tried to refer to Draw a sine wave

but it is different.

if I want to have a copy of wave, like below, can I like add on wave more?

• @jsbibra. thanks. Do you mind if you can provide an answer? I will select yours as answer. The link provided cannot separate both diagram. – aan Dec 14 '19 at 0:00
• request be more specific with the requirement – js bibra Dec 14 '19 at 0:03
• If you have the equation for the function in the second figure, it should be easy. – Bernard Dec 14 '19 at 0:18

\documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[font=\sffamily,
declare function={f1(\x)=1.2*sin(2.5*deg(\x));
f2(\x)=0.6*(1.2*sin(2*deg(\x))+1*sin(4*deg(\x))+1.2*sin(6*deg(\x)));
}]
\begin{scope}[local bounding box=T]
\draw[latex-latex](0,3)  node[above]{Amplitude} |- (8,0) ;
\draw plot[domain=0:7,variable=\x,samples=51,smooth] ({\x},{f1(\x)});
\end{scope}
%
\begin{scope}[yshift=-6cm,local bounding box=B]
\draw[latex-latex](0,3)  node[above]{Amplitude} |- (10,0);
\draw plot[domain=0:9,variable=\x,samples=101,smooth] ({\x},{f2(\x)});
\end{scope}
%
\path foreach \X in {T,B} {(\X.south) node[below] {Time}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


• You are brillant! Thanks. I need few days to figure out. – aan Dec 14 '19 at 0:34

You can use also pgfplots package to draw your function. Here is an example based on the function provided by Schrodinger's cat:

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
xmin = 0, xmax = 9,
ymin = -2, ymax = 2.0,
xtick distance = 1,
ytick distance = 0.5,
grid = both,
minor tick num = 1,
major grid style = {lightgray},
minor grid style = {lightgray!25},
width = \textwidth,
height = 0.5\textwidth,
xlabel=Time,
ylabel=Amplitude
]
domain = 0:9,
samples = 200,
smooth,
thick,
orange,
] {0.6*(1.2*sin(2*deg(x))+1*sin(4*deg(x))+1.2*sin(6*deg(x)))};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


After compiling you will get:

You can easily modify labels and different parameters of your illustration. You can also change the function by putting new one in the line:

\addplot[
domain = 0:9,
samples = 200,
smooth,
thick,
orange,