Solve MATLAB FFT Help for Unity Rectangular Pulse

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The discussion focuses on finding the Fourier Transform of a unity amplitude rectangular pulse of width 2T using MATLAB. The user is experiencing discrepancies in the expected zero-crossing frequency and amplitude when plotting the magnitude response, specifically noting that the first zero-crossing should be ±π/T but appears as approximately 2000 in MATLAB. Additionally, the amplitude is expected to be 0.002, yet MATLAB displays it as 3. The user seeks assistance in identifying the issues within their MATLAB code. Clarifying the code and parameters used in the FFT calculation may resolve these discrepancies.
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Homework Statement


Find the Fourier Transform of a unity amplitude rectangular pulse of width 2T, where T=[ims]. Use MATLAB to plot the magnitude response of this signal's FT.


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I got something that LOOKS right, but the first zero-crossing SHOULD be +-pi/T which equals 3.14e3, in this case (since I'm taking the Fourier Transform of an aperiodic rectangular pulse). However, when plotted, MATLAB is telling me it's about 2000. On top of that, the amplitude should be 2*T which, in this case, is 0.002 but MATLAB says it's 3... I have no clue what is going wrong with the code. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

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% Part 1

%Following generates pulse of width T
T = 1e-3; %half-width of rectangular pulse
dt = 1e-3;
ts = [-T:dt:T];
pulse = rectpuls(ts);


%Generate fft of pulse
N = 1024; %Number of samples
y=fftshift(fft(pulse,N)); 
ws = 2*pi/T;
waxis = [-ws/2:ws/N:ws/2-(ws/N)];
plot(waxis,abs(y))
title(['FT of Rectangular Pulse of width ',num2str(2.*T./1e-3),'ms']);
xlabel('w [rad/s]');
ylabel('Amplitude');
axis auto
 
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