Favorite Features
Use the numbers below to navigate through LabChart's most popular tools and displays. We've included the features that our customers tell us save time and increase productivity, as well as the features that our sales and support staff always demonstrate.
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Welcome Center
Gain access to LabChart resources and materials within one interface. Open your LabChart files, access all ADInstruments documents including demo files and supporting documents or clone document settings easily.
Multiple block sampling
You can record multiple blocks of data with different sampling speeds, filter settings and amplification, all within a single file. A pop-up for each data block displays the recording settings within the block.
Spectrum View
Display and analyze the component frequencies of a signal using Spectrum. Power Spectral Density (PSD) and Spectrogram plots can be viewed in online or offline modes. The Spectrum parameters can be calculated and values exported to Data Pad.
Stimulator
Facilitates the generation of a wide variety of stimulus waveforms using the PowerLab analog outputs. You can use preconfigured waveforms, or generate and save a custom stimulus waveform. Two independent stimulus outputs can be generated using LabChart 7.1 for Windows and PowerLab 30 series units.
The Stimulator panel outputs and custom stimulus waveform dialogSoftware controlled settings
All gain ranges and filter settings can be quickly and precisely set using the software, therefore no knobs or buttons are required to configure the hardware.
Input Amplifier
This feature allows you to preview the signal in real time prior to recording. This helps you to select the appropriate amplification, filter settings, perform units conversion and others to optimize your recording parameters.
32 Channels with variable sampling speeds
You are provided with up to 32 channels of data acquisition and analysis. You can set these channels to have the same sampling speed, or each recording channel can have its own sampling speed, reducing file sizes.
Scope View (Windows only)
Transform your computer into a software oscilloscope. The Scope View allows you to view your LabChart data with blocks overlaid, events overlaid, variable persistence, and signal averaging. Recording is possible in Scope View with features including sampling settings configuration and scripting with editable macros. Recording occurs simultaneously into the Scope and Chart Views. You can vary the offset of each trace along the z-axis, giving a 3D display mode to help distinguish the overlaid traces.
Split Bar
Split Chart View to observe and compare previously recorded data as you continue to record and view your online data. Each split view contains its own time-axis which you scroll along, expand or condense.
Customizable comments
Add comments during or after recording. You can add comments in a specific channel or all channels offline. Following a recording you can easily find, edit, move and delete comments in the data file.
Channel calculations
Apply many powerful calculations to any signal, online or offline, without losing the raw data. You can perform cyclic analysis, differentiate and integrate recorded signals. There are also many digital filter and signal smoothing options in LabChart.
DVM
View a numerical display of the amplitude, sampling rate or calculated value of any signal in a stand alone, resizeable mini-window.
LabChart Modules & Extensions
A wide range of specialized software add-ons that can help you analyze your data easily and faster. Extensions provide simple data analysis and saving features while modules provide an advanced suite of analysis options.
Editable Macros (Windows) – Advanced Scripting
Automate your recording and analysis with macros. Basic or complex macros may be programmed and edited to suit your needs.
Cyclic Measurements
Perform various cyclic analyses on periodic signals. Numerous statistics and functions are available online and offline. Customizable presets are also available to assist with accurate and fast detection of the periodical signals.
Toolbar
Use the toolbar to access your favorite features and customize the layout for optimum recording or analysis views.
Right Clicking
Quickly access features in LabChart with a click of your mouse. Right-clicking the mouse button on certain panels will display pop-up options for your selection.
Shortcut Key Manager
Navigate LabChart using preset shortcuts, or use the Shortcut Key Manager to customize your own shortcuts.
Find and Select
Use the Find and Select function to locate data of interest quickly and accurately. You can go to the start of the file or find data marked by comments.
Data Pad
Extract and log data and statistics to a spreadsheet manually or automatically. Data Pad (Windows) support OLE linking. Therefore, you can automate data extraction in real time to other applications that support OLE linking.
XY Plot
Plot variables against each other to observe their relationships as XY or XYY displays. When the result of the plot is a loop, you can also show the direction of the loop and calculate the area of the loop.
Zoom View
Magnify the view of the data to obtain more detail. You can zoom into the data several times in the Zoom View window by continually selecting data of interest. This zooming process is recorded and therefore, allows you to scroll back and forward.
Marker Tool
Mark a reference point on the recorded data and measure differences in the X and Y axis to that point. In the Zoom View, you can also measure differences in the X-axis between two points from two recorded data signals.
Feature Manager
The entire repository of ADInstruments' software including Modules and Extensions is grouped according to function and application making it easier for you to search and download any of our software products. Either manually perform or schedule LabChart to perform automatic daily, weekly or monthly check for new versions of LabChart, Modules and Extensions.
Save As
Save and export as LabChart data files, setting files, text files, an Excel file as well as a number of proprietary formats.
