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data acquisition and analysis software for the Macintosh copyright: Mark A. Chappell and the Regents of the University of California |
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14 August 2007 |
Please note these legal disclaimers:
| This software is free. However, it is the property of the University of California. Hence, resale of the Warthog Systems software is prohibited, and no warranties or guarantees of any kind are offered. If you use these programs, you do so entirely at your own risk. They are intended for scientific research and teaching projects that do NOT involve human subjects! |
The programs:
LabHelper and LabHelper
X are data acquisition programs that can use several kinds
of A-D converters.
up to 16 channels, up to a million samples
per channel.
LabAnalyst
and LabAnalyst
X are powerful, versatile, and easy to use graphical analysis
programs.
24 channels, up to two million samples
per channel (OS X only).
Motion
Analysis is a bare-bones 2-D motion analysis program for
QuickTime and AVI format movie files.
The Injection
Calculator computes gas exchange in a sealed respirometry
chamber.
The Flow
Rate Calculator computes an accurate
STP flow rate from a rate output or a cumulative volume measurement.
Click here to go to the downloads page.
A short history of Warthog
by Mark Chappell (chappell@ucr.edu)
"Warthog Systems" is a set of programs for acquiring, manipulating, and analyzing data from laboratory instruments. The software was developed as part of my job in the Department of Biology at the University of California, Riverside. Warthog evolved largely to make life in the research laboratory easier for myself and my students (my lab works on mechanistic, ecological, and evolutionary aspects of animal physiology). The programs are also used by a number of colleagues around the world, and many features stem from their requests or suggestions -- so if you try the software, feedback is welcome.
I started the project in 1989 because there wasn't any commercial software that matched my needs. I wanted something for the Macintosh that was adaptable to a wide range of measurements, able to handle different kinds of analog to digital converters, easy to use but capable of sophisticated analysis (especially for physiological research) -- and inexpensive.
This last feature (low cost) remains a unique virtue of Warthog: since it was developed under the auspices of my University of California job, the software is technically the property of the Regents of the University of California. U.C. is a public-service institution (more or less), so I can provide Warthog as freeware. You'll have to buy the hardware (such as an A to D converter), but even with those expenses, Warthog is a bargain. The downside is that I can't provide the level of support you should expect from a commercial firm. There are no guarantees or warranties, and while I'll do my best to answer questions and help troubleshoot problems, my real job must take precedence.
