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Find all peaks amplitude lies above 0 Using Scipy

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025
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Prerequisites: Matplotlib, Scipy

In this article, we will see how to find all 'x' point above 0 with the help of find_peaks( ) function, that takes a 1-D array and finds all local maxima by a simple comparison of neighboring values.

Approach:

  • Import required module.
  • Find peaks inside a signal based on find_peaks() properties.
  • Label the graph.
  • Display Graph.

Step 1: Import all libraries.

Python3
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from scipy.signal import find_peaks
from scipy import signal

Step 2: electrocardiogram(): The returned signal is a 5-minute-long electrocardiogram (ECG), a medical recording of the heart’s electrical activity, sampled at 360 Hz.

Syntax:

scipy.signal.find_peaks(x, height=None)

Parameter:

  • x: A signal with peaks.
  • height:  Required height of peaks. Either a number, None,

Return:

peaks: Indices of peaks in x that satisfy all given conditions.
peak_heights:  If the height is given, the height of each peak is x.

Python3
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from scipy.signal import find_peaks
from scipy import signal

t = np.linspace(0, 1, 500, endpoint=False)
sig = np.sin(2 * np.pi * t)
x= signal.square(2 * np.pi * 30 * t, duty=(sig + 1)/2)
peak, _ = find_peaks(x, height=0)

Below is the full Implementation:

Python3
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from scipy.signal import find_peaks
from scipy import signal

t = np.linspace(0, 1, 500, endpoint=False)
sig = np.sin(2 * np.pi * t)
x= signal.square(2 * np.pi * 30 * t, duty=(sig + 1)/2)
peak, _ = find_peaks(x, height=0)

plt.plot(x)
plt.title("Find peaks inside a signal - Geeksforgeeks")
plt.plot(peak, x[peak], "x", color = 'r')
plt.plot(np.zeros_like(x), "--", color="black")
plt.show()

Output:


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