dbWave is a data acquisition program interfaced  to Data Translation cards. It includes interactive routines to acquire data (up to 16 channels) and save them to disk (*.dat files), interactively detect & sort spikes based on amplitude and shape, save them into spike files (*.spk) and export the results of measures made, for example to MS Excel spreadsheets as pivot tables. Each data file include descriptors of the experiment, in the data files and into a companion database (*.mdb; readable by MS Access). This allows us to work interactively on a series of recordings, filtering the recordings of interest and selecting/exporting only useful information. At the present time, dbWave is developed under Visual Studio 2010 with MFC to run under Windows (7, 8 / 8.1 and 10). It runs under XP but with some limitations affecting user interface objects. To install: download the program in 2 parts: setup.exe and dbWave_setup.msi (version 4, 2015-12-09) run "setup.exe". dbWave will be installed in "c:\Program Files\FMP\dbWave" (or c:\Program Files (x86)\FMP\dbWave" ; an icon to launch this program will be placed on the Desktop and an item will be added in the programs list. Click on the icon to launch the program.

Main features:

• Data acquisition on 1 to 16 channels with simultaneous oscilloscope-like display and saving to fully documented files, using Data Translation data acquisition cards
• Files integrated into a database, with selectable criteria to define subsets of data.
• Spike detection, sorting with interactive procedures
• Data printing (for figures) and export to Excel and CorelDraw.
• What should you obtain?
  • click here to see a series of snapshots...
  • low-pass filtered derivative and sample
  • median filter and sample
• First time user

Publications, communications :

1. Marion-Poll F., Tobin T.R. 1991 - Software filter for detecting spikes superimposed on a fluctuating baseline. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 37: 1-6.
2. Marion-Poll F., Tobin, T.R., 1989 - A microcomputer program to drive and analyze electrophysiological experiments on insects olfactory receptor neurons, Chem. Senses 14: 218.
3. Marion-Poll F., Tobin T.R. 1992 - Temporal coding of pheromone pulses and trains in Manduca sexta. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 171: 505-512.
4. Marion-Poll F. 1994 - Approche orientée objet en électrophysiologie: visualisation et gestion de séries expérimentales. L'Editeur de Liens (INRA Direction de l'Informatique) 4: 13-22.
5. Marion-Poll F. 1995 - Object-oriented approach to fast display of electrophysiological data under MS-Windows™. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 63 : 197-204. [Abstract]
6. Marion-Poll F., van der Pers, J.N.C. 1996 - Display and analysis of electrophysiological data under MS-Windows™. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 80 : 116-119.
7. Marion-Poll F. 1996 - Programmation orientée objets en électrophysiologie. Huitièmes Journées Neurosciences et Sciences de l'Ingénieur, INJEP, Marly-le-Roi, 6-9 Mai 1996 (poster).

Created: 06/12/95; last modification: 12/12/15