diff --git a/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/dft.cpp b/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/dft.cpp
index 6e4d3c6..29b5a1a 100644
--- a/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/dft.cpp
+++ b/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/dft.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "ui_dftdialog.h"
 #include "ui_dftexplanationwidget.h"
 
+#include <QDebug>
+
 using namespace std;
 
 Math::DFT::DFT()
@@ -13,9 +15,22 @@ Math::DFT::DFT()
     automaticDC = true;
     DCfreq = 1000000000.0;
 
+    destructing = false;
+    thread = new DFTThread(*this);
+    thread->start(TDRThread::Priority::LowestPriority);
+
     connect(&window, &WindowFunction::changed, this, &DFT::updateDFT);
 }
 
+Math::DFT::~DFT()
+{
+    // tell thread to exit
+    destructing = true;
+    semphr.release();
+    thread->wait();
+    delete thread;
+}
+
 TraceMath::DataType Math::DFT::outputType(TraceMath::DataType inputType)
 {
     if(inputType == DataType::Time) {
@@ -120,66 +135,8 @@ void Math::DFT::inputSamplesChanged(unsigned int begin, unsigned int end)
         // not the end, do nothing
         return;
     }
-    double DC = DCfreq;
-    TDR *tdr = nullptr;
-    if(automaticDC) {
-        // find the last operation that transformed from the frequency domain to the time domain
-        auto in = input;
-        while(in->getInput()->getDataType() != DataType::Frequency) {
-            in = input->getInput();
-        }
-        switch(in->getType()) {
-        case Type::TDR: {
-            tdr = static_cast<TDR*>(in);
-            if(tdr->getMode() == TDR::Mode::Lowpass) {
-                DC = 0;
-            } else {
-                // bandpass mode, assume DC is in the middle of the frequency data
-                DC = tdr->getInput()->getSample(tdr->getInput()->numSamples()/2).x;
-            }
-        }
-            break;
-        default:
-            // unknown, assume DC is in the middle of the frequency data
-            DC = in->getInput()->getSample(in->getInput()->numSamples()/2).x;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    auto samples = input->rData().size();
-    auto timeSpacing = input->rData()[1].x - input->rData()[0].x;
-    vector<complex<double>> timeDomain(samples);
-    for(unsigned int i=0;i<samples;i++) {
-        timeDomain.at(i) = input->rData()[i].y;
-    }
-
-    Fft::shift(timeDomain, false);
-    window.apply(timeDomain);
-    Fft::shift(timeDomain, true);
-    Fft::transform(timeDomain, false);
-    // shift DC bin into the middle
-    Fft::shift(timeDomain, false);
-
-    double binSpacing = 1.0 / (timeSpacing * timeDomain.size());
-    data.clear();
-    int DCbin = timeDomain.size() / 2, startBin = 0;
-    if(DC > 0) {
-        data.resize(timeDomain.size());
-    } else {
-        startBin = (timeDomain.size()+1) / 2;
-        data.resize(timeDomain.size()/2);
-    }
-
-    // reverse effect of frequency domain window function from TDR (if available)
-    if(tdr) {
-        tdr->getWindow().reverse(timeDomain);
-    }
-
-    for(int i = startBin;(unsigned int) i<timeDomain.size();i++) {
-        auto freq = (i - DCbin) * binSpacing + DC;
-        data[i - startBin].x = round(freq);
-        data[i - startBin].y = timeDomain.at(i);
-    }
-    emit outputSamplesChanged(0, data.size());
+    // trigger calculation in thread
+    semphr.release();
     success();
 }
 
@@ -189,3 +146,85 @@ void Math::DFT::updateDFT()
         inputSamplesChanged(0, input->rData().size());
     }
 }
+
+Math::DFTThread::DFTThread(Math::DFT &dft)
+    : dft(dft)
+{
+
+}
+
+void Math::DFTThread::run()
+{
+    qDebug() << "DFT thread starting";
+    while(1) {
+        dft.semphr.acquire();
+        // clear possible additional semaphores
+        dft.semphr.tryAcquire(dft.semphr.available());
+        if(dft.destructing) {
+            // TDR object about to be deleted, exit thread
+            qDebug() << "DFT thread exiting";
+            return;
+        }
+        qDebug() << "DFT thread calculating";
+        double DC = dft.DCfreq;
+        TDR *tdr = nullptr;
+        if(dft.automaticDC) {
+            // find the last operation that transformed from the frequency domain to the time domain
+            auto in = dft.input;
+            while(in->getInput()->getDataType() != DFT::DataType::Frequency) {
+                in = dft.input->getInput();
+            }
+            switch(in->getType()) {
+            case DFT::Type::TDR: {
+                tdr = static_cast<TDR*>(in);
+                if(tdr->getMode() == TDR::Mode::Lowpass) {
+                    DC = 0;
+                } else {
+                    // bandpass mode, assume DC is in the middle of the frequency data
+                    DC = tdr->getInput()->getSample(tdr->getInput()->numSamples()/2).x;
+                }
+            }
+                break;
+            default:
+                // unknown, assume DC is in the middle of the frequency data
+                DC = in->getInput()->getSample(in->getInput()->numSamples()/2).x;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        auto samples = dft.input->rData().size();
+        auto timeSpacing = dft.input->rData()[1].x - dft.input->rData()[0].x;
+        vector<complex<double>> timeDomain(samples);
+        for(unsigned int i=0;i<samples;i++) {
+            timeDomain.at(i) = dft.input->rData()[i].y;
+        }
+
+        Fft::shift(timeDomain, false);
+        dft.window.apply(timeDomain);
+        Fft::shift(timeDomain, true);
+        Fft::transform(timeDomain, false);
+        // shift DC bin into the middle
+        Fft::shift(timeDomain, false);
+
+        double binSpacing = 1.0 / (timeSpacing * timeDomain.size());
+        dft.data.clear();
+        int DCbin = timeDomain.size() / 2, startBin = 0;
+        if(DC > 0) {
+            dft.data.resize(timeDomain.size());
+        } else {
+            startBin = (timeDomain.size()+1) / 2;
+            dft.data.resize(timeDomain.size()/2);
+        }
+
+        // reverse effect of frequency domain window function from TDR (if available)
+        if(tdr) {
+            tdr->getWindow().reverse(timeDomain);
+        }
+
+        for(int i = startBin;(unsigned int) i<timeDomain.size();i++) {
+            auto freq = (i - DCbin) * binSpacing + DC;
+            dft.data[i - startBin].x = round(freq);
+            dft.data[i - startBin].y = timeDomain.at(i);
+        }
+        emit dft.outputSamplesChanged(0, dft.data.size());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/dft.h b/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/dft.h
index 64cbe2c..6bfbd9d 100644
--- a/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/dft.h
+++ b/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/dft.h
@@ -4,12 +4,31 @@
 #include "tracemath.h"
 #include "windowfunction.h"
 
+#include <QThread>
+#include <QSemaphore>
+
 namespace Math {
 
+class DFT;
+
+class DFTThread : public QThread
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    DFTThread(DFT &dft);
+    ~DFTThread(){};
+private:
+    void run() override;
+    DFT &dft;
+};
+
 class DFT : public TraceMath
 {
+    friend class DFTThread;
+    Q_OBJECT
 public:
     DFT();
+    ~DFT();
 
     DataType outputType(DataType inputType) override;
     QString description() override;
@@ -29,6 +48,9 @@ private:
     bool automaticDC;
     double DCfreq;
     WindowFunction window;
+    DFTThread *thread;
+    bool destructing;
+    QSemaphore semphr;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/tdr.cpp b/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/tdr.cpp
index 48111e4..9033020 100644
--- a/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/tdr.cpp
+++ b/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/tdr.cpp
@@ -19,9 +19,22 @@ TDR::TDR()
     stepResponse = true;
     mode = Mode::Lowpass;
 
+    destructing = false;
+    thread = new TDRThread(*this);
+    thread->start(TDRThread::Priority::LowestPriority);
+
     connect(&window, &WindowFunction::changed, this, &TDR::updateTDR);
 }
 
+TDR::~TDR()
+{
+    // tell thread to exit
+    destructing = true;
+    semphr.release();
+    thread->wait();
+    delete thread;
+}
+
 TraceMath::DataType TDR::outputType(TraceMath::DataType inputType)
 {
     if(inputType == DataType::Frequency) {
@@ -190,85 +203,8 @@ void TDR::inputSamplesChanged(unsigned int begin, unsigned int end)
             // not the end, do nothing
             return;
         }
-        vector<complex<double>> frequencyDomain;
-        auto stepSize = (input->rData().back().x - input->rData().front().x) / (input->rData().size() - 1);
-        if(mode == Mode::Lowpass) {
-            if(stepResponse) {
-                auto steps = input->rData().size();
-                auto firstStep = input->rData().front().x;
-                // frequency points need to be evenly spaced all the way to DC
-                if(firstStep == 0) {
-                    // zero as first step would result in infinite number of points, skip and start with second
-                    firstStep = input->rData()[1].x;
-                    steps--;
-                }
-                if(firstStep * steps != input->rData().back().x) {
-                    // data is not available with correct frequency spacing, calculate required steps
-                    steps = input->rData().back().x / firstStep;
-                    stepSize = firstStep;
-                }
-                frequencyDomain.resize(2 * steps + 1);
-                // copy frequencies, use the flipped conjugate for negative part
-                for(unsigned int i = 1;i<=steps;i++) {
-                    auto S = input->getInterpolatedSample(stepSize * i).y;
-                    frequencyDomain[steps - i] = conj(S);
-                    frequencyDomain[steps + i] = S;
-                }
-                if(automaticDC) {
-                    // use simple extrapolation from lowest two points to extract DC value
-                    auto abs_DC = 2.0 * abs(frequencyDomain[steps + 1]) - abs(frequencyDomain[steps + 2]);
-                    auto phase_DC = 2.0 * arg(frequencyDomain[steps + 1]) - arg(frequencyDomain[steps + 2]);
-                    frequencyDomain[steps] = polar(abs_DC, phase_DC);
-                } else {
-                    frequencyDomain[steps] = manualDC;
-                }
-            } else {
-                auto steps = input->rData().size();
-                unsigned int offset = 0;
-                if(input->rData().front().x == 0) {
-                    // DC measurement is inaccurate, skip
-                    steps--;
-                    offset++;
-                }
-                // no step response required, can use frequency values as they are. No extra extrapolated DC value here -> 2 values less than with step response
-                frequencyDomain.resize(2 * steps - 1);
-                frequencyDomain[steps - 1] = input->rData()[offset].y;
-                for(unsigned int i = 1;i<steps;i++) {
-                    auto S = input->rData()[i + offset].y;
-                    frequencyDomain[steps - i - 1] = conj(S);
-                    frequencyDomain[steps + i - 1] = S;
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            // bandpass mode
-            // Can use input data directly, no need to extend with complex conjugate
-            frequencyDomain.resize(input->rData().size());
-            for(unsigned int i=0;i<input->rData().size();i++) {
-                frequencyDomain[i] = input->rData()[i].y;
-            }
-        }
-
-        window.apply(frequencyDomain);
-        Fft::shift(frequencyDomain, true);
-
-        auto fft_bins = frequencyDomain.size();
-        const double fs = 1.0 / (stepSize * fft_bins);
-
-        Fft::transform(frequencyDomain, true);
-
-        data.clear();
-        data.resize(fft_bins);
-
-        for(unsigned int i = 0;i<fft_bins;i++) {
-            data[i].x = fs * i;
-            data[i].y = frequencyDomain[i] / (double) fft_bins;
-        }
-        if(stepResponse && mode == Mode::Lowpass) {
-            updateStepResponse(true);
-        } else {
-            updateStepResponse(false);
-        }
-        emit outputSamplesChanged(0, data.size());
+        // trigger calculation in thread
+        semphr.release();
         success();
     } else {
         // not enough input data
@@ -295,3 +231,105 @@ TDR::Mode TDR::getMode() const
 {
     return mode;
 }
+
+TDRThread::TDRThread(TDR &tdr)
+    : tdr(tdr)
+{
+
+}
+
+void TDRThread::run()
+{
+    qDebug() << "TDR thread starting";
+    while(1) {
+        tdr.semphr.acquire();
+        // clear possible additional semaphores
+        tdr.semphr.tryAcquire(tdr.semphr.available());
+        if(tdr.destructing) {
+            // TDR object about to be deleted, exit thread
+            qDebug() << "TDR thread exiting";
+            return;
+        }
+        qDebug() << "TDR thread calculating";
+        // perform calculation
+        vector<complex<double>> frequencyDomain;
+        auto stepSize = (tdr.input->rData().back().x - tdr.input->rData().front().x) / (tdr.input->rData().size() - 1);
+        if(tdr.mode == TDR::Mode::Lowpass) {
+            if(tdr.stepResponse) {
+                auto steps = tdr.input->rData().size();
+                auto firstStep = tdr.input->rData().front().x;
+                // frequency points need to be evenly spaced all the way to DC
+                if(firstStep == 0) {
+                    // zero as first step would result in infinite number of points, skip and start with second
+                    firstStep = tdr.input->rData()[1].x;
+                    steps--;
+                }
+                if(firstStep * steps != tdr.input->rData().back().x) {
+                    // data is not available with correct frequency spacing, calculate required steps
+                    steps = tdr.input->rData().back().x / firstStep;
+                    stepSize = firstStep;
+                }
+                frequencyDomain.resize(2 * steps + 1);
+                // copy frequencies, use the flipped conjugate for negative part
+                for(unsigned int i = 1;i<=steps;i++) {
+                    auto S = tdr.input->getInterpolatedSample(stepSize * i).y;
+                    frequencyDomain[steps - i] = conj(S);
+                    frequencyDomain[steps + i] = S;
+                }
+                if(tdr.automaticDC) {
+                    // use simple extrapolation from lowest two points to extract DC value
+                    auto abs_DC = 2.0 * abs(frequencyDomain[steps + 1]) - abs(frequencyDomain[steps + 2]);
+                    auto phase_DC = 2.0 * arg(frequencyDomain[steps + 1]) - arg(frequencyDomain[steps + 2]);
+                    frequencyDomain[steps] = polar(abs_DC, phase_DC);
+                } else {
+                    frequencyDomain[steps] = tdr.manualDC;
+                }
+            } else {
+                auto steps = tdr.input->rData().size();
+                unsigned int offset = 0;
+                if(tdr.input->rData().front().x == 0) {
+                    // DC measurement is inaccurate, skip
+                    steps--;
+                    offset++;
+                }
+                // no step response required, can use frequency values as they are. No extra extrapolated DC value here -> 2 values less than with step response
+                frequencyDomain.resize(2 * steps - 1);
+                frequencyDomain[steps - 1] = tdr.input->rData()[offset].y;
+                for(unsigned int i = 1;i<steps;i++) {
+                    auto S = tdr.input->rData()[i + offset].y;
+                    frequencyDomain[steps - i - 1] = conj(S);
+                    frequencyDomain[steps + i - 1] = S;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            // bandpass mode
+            // Can use input data directly, no need to extend with complex conjugate
+            frequencyDomain.resize(tdr.input->rData().size());
+            for(unsigned int i=0;i<tdr.input->rData().size();i++) {
+                frequencyDomain[i] = tdr.input->rData()[i].y;
+            }
+        }
+
+        tdr.window.apply(frequencyDomain);
+        Fft::shift(frequencyDomain, true);
+
+        auto fft_bins = frequencyDomain.size();
+        const double fs = 1.0 / (stepSize * fft_bins);
+
+        Fft::transform(frequencyDomain, true);
+
+        tdr.data.clear();
+        tdr.data.resize(fft_bins);
+
+        for(unsigned int i = 0;i<fft_bins;i++) {
+            tdr.data[i].x = fs * i;
+            tdr.data[i].y = frequencyDomain[i] / (double) fft_bins;
+        }
+        if(tdr.stepResponse && tdr.mode == TDR::Mode::Lowpass) {
+            tdr.updateStepResponse(true);
+        } else {
+            tdr.updateStepResponse(false);
+        }
+        emit tdr.outputSamplesChanged(0, tdr.data.size());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/tdr.h b/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/tdr.h
index c1b2ca9..acbdc88 100644
--- a/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/tdr.h
+++ b/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/tdr.h
@@ -4,12 +4,31 @@
 #include "tracemath.h"
 #include "windowfunction.h"
 
+#include <QThread>
+#include <QSemaphore>
+
 namespace Math {
 
+class TDR;
+
+class TDRThread : public QThread
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    TDRThread(TDR &tdr);
+    ~TDRThread(){};
+private:
+    void run() override;
+    TDR &tdr;
+};
+
 class TDR : public TraceMath
 {
+    friend class TDRThread;
+    Q_OBJECT
 public:
     TDR();
+    ~TDR();
 
     DataType outputType(DataType inputType) override;
     QString description() override;
@@ -39,6 +58,9 @@ private:
     bool stepResponse;
     bool automaticDC;
     std::complex<double> manualDC;
+    TDRThread *thread;
+    bool destructing;
+    QSemaphore semphr;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/timegate.cpp b/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/timegate.cpp
index c2f3af8..5e89b79 100644
--- a/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/timegate.cpp
+++ b/Software/PC_Application/Traces/Math/timegate.cpp
@@ -346,13 +346,35 @@ void Math::TimeGateGraph::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event)
     p.setBackground(QBrush(pref.Graphs.Color.background));
     p.fillRect(0, 0, width(), height(), QBrush(pref.Graphs.Color.background));
 
+    if(!gate->getInput() || !gate->getInput()->rData().size()) {
+        // no data yet, nothing to plot
+        return;
+    }
+
     // plot trace
     auto pen = QPen(Qt::green, 1);
     pen.setCosmetic(true);
     pen.setStyle(Qt::SolidLine);
     p.setPen(pen);
-    for(unsigned int i=1;i<input.size();i++) {
-        auto last = input[i-1];
+
+    auto minX = input.front().x;
+    auto maxX = input.back().x;
+
+    int plotLeft = 0;
+    int plotRight = size().width();
+    int plotTop = 0;
+    int plotBottom = size().height();
+
+    QPoint p1, p2;
+
+    // limit amount of displayed points to keep GUI snappy
+    auto increment = input.size() / 500;
+    if(!increment) {
+        increment = 1;
+    }
+
+    for(unsigned int i=increment;i<input.size();i+=increment) {
+        auto last = input[i-increment];
         auto now = input[i];
 
         auto y_last = Util::SparamTodB(last.y);
@@ -363,8 +385,12 @@ void Math::TimeGateGraph::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event)
         }
 
         // scale to plot coordinates
-        auto p1 = plotValueToPixel(last.x, y_last);
-        auto p2 = plotValueToPixel(now.x, y_now);
+        p1.setX(Util::Scale<double>(last.x, minX, maxX, plotLeft, plotRight));
+        p1.setY(Util::Scale<double>(y_last, -120, 20, plotBottom, plotTop));
+        p2.setX(Util::Scale<double>(now.x, minX, maxX, plotLeft, plotRight));
+        p2.setY(Util::Scale<double>(y_now, -120, 20, plotBottom, plotTop));
+//        auto p1 = plotValueToPixel(last.x, y_last);
+//        auto p2 = plotValueToPixel(now.x, y_now);
         // draw line
         p.drawLine(p1, p2);
     }
@@ -372,11 +398,11 @@ void Math::TimeGateGraph::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event)
     auto filter = gate->rFilter();
     pen = QPen(Qt::red, 1);
     p.setPen(pen);
-    for(unsigned int i=1;i<filter.size();i++) {
-        auto x_last = input[i-1].x;
+    for(unsigned int i=increment;i<filter.size();i+=increment) {
+        auto x_last = input[i-increment].x;
         auto x_now = input[i].x;
 
-        auto f_last = Util::SparamTodB(filter[i-1]);
+        auto f_last = Util::SparamTodB(filter[i-increment]);
         auto f_now = Util::SparamTodB(filter[i]);
 
         if(std::isnan(f_last) || std::isnan(f_now) || std::isinf(f_last) || std::isinf(f_now)) {
@@ -384,8 +410,12 @@ void Math::TimeGateGraph::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event)
         }
 
         // scale to plot coordinates
-        auto p1 = plotValueToPixel(x_last, f_last);
-        auto p2 = plotValueToPixel(x_now, f_now);
+        p1.setX(Util::Scale<double>(x_last, minX, maxX, plotLeft, plotRight));
+        p1.setY(Util::Scale<double>(f_last, -120, 20, plotBottom, plotTop));
+        p2.setX(Util::Scale<double>(x_now, minX, maxX, plotLeft, plotRight));
+        p2.setY(Util::Scale<double>(f_now, -120, 20, plotBottom, plotTop));
+//        auto p1 = plotValueToPixel(x_last, f_last);
+//        auto p2 = plotValueToPixel(x_now, f_now);
 
         // draw line
         p.drawLine(p1, p2);