These are cumulative brief histories of the development of some of our Windows-based products, as seen by the user.
Extensive details are available by clicking on the links, to see the relevant detailed technical history.
| Version 7 |
06/09 |
- Data files up to 1TB allowed
- Output sequencer greatly extended
- Talker module interfaces other data capture devices
- Vertical markers drawing
- Horizontal cursors increased from 4 to 9
- Power1401 and Micro1401-3 users can now reject over-sized spikes on-line
- Event inputs can be "de-bounced" on-line
- Power1401 users have access to all 8 DACs for arbitrary waveform output
- Power1401 mk II users have access to all 8 DACs for sinusoidal and ramp output (Power1401 mk I support will be in 7.05)
- There are many improvements to the clustering window
- Optional x axis display in milliseconds and also auto-scaling of axis units
- New "watch" window to display script variable when debugging
- New and improved drawing modes
- Script writers can make use of the mouse position
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| Version 6 |
09/06 - 08/10 |
- Handles 400 channels
- MATLAB file export
- Enhanced sampling efficiency
- Burst mode sampling
- 3D overdraw
- Improved script editor
- Interactive IIR filtering
- Arrays of up to 5 dimensions
- Log axes option
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| Version 5 |
02/03 - 04/09 |
- Tetrode and stereotrode recording
- Principal Component Analysis and clustering in spike shape sorting
- Export to spreadsheet
- Cubic spline drawing mode
- Virtual channels
- Video capture
- Measurements to channel
- Matrix script functions
- Curve fitting
- Multiple monitors supported
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| Version 4 |
01/01 - 12/05 |
- Sampling increased to 32 channels
- Faster sampling with the Power1401
- Waveform calibration
- Active cursors
- Graphical sequence editor
- Spike shape sorting
- 10 vertical cursors
- File importers in many formats
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| Version 3 |
03/98 - 10/01 |
- Output sequencer extensions
- Spike Overdraw mode
- Improved script commands and scope
- XY views
- Context-sensitive help
- Last version to support sampling with the standard 1401
- SonFix program repairs damaged data files
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| Version 2 |
01/96 - 07/00 |
- True Windows program, successor to DOS Spike2 version
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| Version 5 |
10/10 |
- Dynamic clamping support has been added; up to 15 dynamic clamping models can be used
- Multiple arbitrary waveform outputs now available
- Clamping system extended to 8 sets
- Trim(), TrimRight() and TrimLeft() script functions have been added
- The channel Y axis can rescale itself and uses SI prefixes in the dialog
- The script debugger incorporates a Watch window
- The script and sequence editors show matched and unmatched braces
- The script language can open the cursor values and regions windows
- The pulses configuration dialog has been much improved
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| Version 4 |
10/07 - 10/10 |
- Variable sweep points
- MATLAB file export
- Virtual channels
- 3D overdraw
- Gap-free sampling
- Interactive IIR filtering
- Improved clamping support
- Improved BiStim and MagStim Rapid control
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| Version 3 |
08/04 - 05/10 |
- SCAN analysis
- Clamping experiment support
- Text sequencer
- Multi-clamp telegraph support
- Magstim support
- Cubic spline drawing
- Matrix mathematics
- Text to speech added
- Multiple monitor support
- Log axes option
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| Version 2 |
06/00 - 01/06 |
- Curve fitting
- Matrix script functions
- File importers
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| Version 1 |
05/97 - 09/02 |
- True Windows program, successor to DOS Signal Averager
- User-editable scripts customise the program
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