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What can I build with InstrumentLab?

Great looking user interfaces! for your DSP and control applications. The following images are a taste of what InstrumentLab has to offer.

Applications include: real time data monitoring, process control, signal analysis, digital signal analysis, video analysis, data visualization, visual instrumentation and more.

(See the "Features" tab for a more complete listing.)

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InstrumentLab is a set of visual instruments and controls based on GDI+. For Delphi / C++ Builder, InstrumentLab is a set of native VCL components, and these components can be composited:

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InstrumentLab is implemented using a very fast MMX optimized libraries to perform the plotting calculations, and is designed mainly for very fast real time data plotting applications, such as DSP, Audio Processing, Video and Image Processing.

Intel:

Intel MMX
Intel Performance Primitives ( IPP )

Developed with IGDI+

InstrumentLab is fully compatible and directly integrates with SignalLab, VideoLab, AudioLab, VisionLab, and PlotLab.

InstrumentLab is a set of visual instruments and controls based on GDI+.

The Delphi / C++ Builder version is a set of native VCL components.

Here are some examples of the included controls:

LED Controls:

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LED Controls have On/Off and multicolor indicators.

Progress Bar control:

Progress bar with multiple discrete or transitional colors, displaying with or without bars, and customizable borders.
The progress bar can be rotated.

Angular Gauge control:

Analog Clock control:

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Linear Gauge control:

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Thermometer Gauge control:

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Segment indicator control:

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Segment Gauge control:

Segment Clock control:

Segment Text control:

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Spectrum control:

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Matrix control:

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Composite controls:

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Glass Panel control:

The glass panel can be placed on top of other components to create a glass cover appearance. It can be placed over any control.

Converters

SLChangeRange		Changes the output range of the signal
SLDetectLevels		Detects levels in the input signal
SLPair		Pairs multiple data buffers together

Custom Filters

SLGenericRealValue		User defined filter for Real values
SLGenericReal		User defined filter for Real data
SLGenericFilter		User defined filter for Binary data
SLGenericRealMatrix		User defined generator for Real matrix data

Generic Filters

SLGenericReal		User defined filter for Real data
SLGenericFilter		User defined filter for Binary data
SLGenericRealMatrix		User defined generator for Real matrix data

Generic Generators

SLGenericGen		User defined generator for Binary data
SLGenericRealGen		User defined generator for Real data

Other

ULLabel		Rotatable label
ULImage		GDI+ Image

Signal Filters

SLGenericRealValue		User defined filter for Real values
SLGenericReal		User defined filter for Real data
SLGenericFilter		User defined filter for Binary data
SLGenericRealMatrix		User defined generator for Real matrix data

Signal Generators

SLGenericRealValueGen		User defined generator for Real values
SLGenericGen		User defined generator for Binary data
SLGenericRealGen		User defined generator for Real data

Visualization

ILLed		LED control with On/Off states
ILMultiLed		LED control with multiple states
ILProgressBar		Progress bar
ILAngularGauge		Angular gauge
ILGlassPanel		Rectangular, or elliptic panel covered with glass
ILLevelLed		LED control with gradually changing intensity and/or color based on the input value
ILThermometer		Thermometer gauge
ILAnalogClock		Analog clock
ILSegmentGauge		7, 9, 14 or 16 segment gauge
ILSegmentIndicator		7, 9, 14 or 16 segment indicator
ILSegmentClock		7, 9, 14 or 16 segment clock
ILSegmentText		7, 9, 14 or 16 segment text display
ILMatrixDisplay		Matrix display
ILSpectrumDisplay		Spectrum display
ILLinearGauge		Linear gauge

Video Layers

ILLedLayer		Layer drawing LED control with On/Off states
ILMultiLedLayer		Layer drawing LED control with multiple states
ILProgressBarLayer		Layer drawing progress bar
ILAngularGaugeLayer		Layer drawing angular gauge
ILGlassPanelLayer		Layer drawing rectangular, or elliptic panel covered with glass
ILLevelLedLayer		Layer drawing LED control with gradually changing intensity and/or color based on the input value
ILThermometerLayer		Layer drawing thermometer gauge
ILAnalogClockLayer		Layer drawing analog clock
ILSegmentGaugeLayer		Layer drawing 7, 9, 14 or 16 segment gauge
ILSegmentIndicatorLayer		Layer drawing 7, 9, 14 or 16 segment indicator
ILSegmentClockLayer		Layer drawing 7, 9, 14 or 16 segment clock
ILSegmentTextLayer		Layer drawing 7, 9, 14 or 16 segment text display
ILMatrixDisplayLayer		Layer drawing matrix display
ILSpectrumDisplayLayer		Layer drawing spectrum display
ILLinearGaugeLayer		Layer drawing linear gauge
ULLabelLayer		Layer drawing rotatable label
ULImageLayer		Layer drawing image

Matrix Layers

ILExternalLedMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing LED control with On/Off states
ILExternalMultiLedMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing LED control with multiple states
ILExternalProgressBarMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing progress bar
ILExternalAngularGaugeMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing angular gauge
ILGlassPanelMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing rectangular, or elliptic panel covered with glass
ILExternalLevelLedMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing LED control with gradually changing intensity and/or color based on the input value
ILExternalThermometerMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing thermometer gauge
ILExternalAnalogClockMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing analog clock
ILExternalSegmentGaugeMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing 7, 9, 14 or 16 segment gauge
ILExternalSegmentIndicatorMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing 7, 9, 14 or 16 segment indicator
ILExternalSegmentClockMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing 7, 9, 14 or 16 segment clock
ILExternalSegmentTextMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing text
ILExternalMatrixDisplayMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing matrix display
ILTextMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing text
ILExternalSpectrumDisplayMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing matrix display
ILExternalLinearGaugeMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing linear gauge
ULExternalLabelMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing external text label
ULImageMatrixLayer		Matrix layer drawing image

Control Element

ILExternalLedElement		Component element drawing external LED control with On/Off states
ILLevelDetectLedElement		Component element drawing internal level triggered LED control
ILTimeDetectLedElement		Component element drawing internal time triggered LED control
ILExternalMultiLedElement		Component element drawing external data LED control with multiple states
ILProgressBarElement		Component element drawing internal data progress bar
ILExternalProgressBarElement		Component element drawing external data progress bar
ILGaugeMinMaxHandElement		Component element drawing internal data min or max angular gauge hand
ILExternalGaugeHandElement		Component element drawing external data angular gauge hand
ILExternalGaugeControlHandElement		Component element drawing external user controllable data angular gauge hand
ILAngularGaugeElement		Component element drawing internal data angular gauge
ILExternalAngularGaugeElement		Component element drawing external data angular gauge
ILGlassPanelElement		Component element drawing rectangular, or elliptic panel covered with glass
ILLevelLedElement		Component element drawing internal data LED control with gradually changing intensity and/or color based on the input value
ILExternalLevelLedElement		Component element drawing external data LED control with gradually changing intensity and/or color based on the input value
ILThermometerElement		Component element drawing internal data thermometer gauge
ILExternalThermometerElement		Component element drawing external data thermometer gauge
ILExternalClockHandElement		Component element drawing external data analog clock hand
ILAnalogClockElement		Component element drawing internal data analog clock
ILExternalAnalogClockElement		Component element drawing external data analog clock
ILSegmentGaugeElement		Component element drawing internal data 7, 9, 14 or 16 segment gauge
ILExternalSegmentGaugeElement		Component element drawing external data 7, 9, 14 or 16 segment gauge
ILSegmentClockElement		Component element drawing internal data 7, 9, 14 or 16 segment clock
ILExternalSegmentClockElement		Component element drawing external data 7, 9, 14 or 16 segment clock
ILExternalSegmentTextElement		Component element drawing external text data 7, 9, 14 or 16 segment indicator
ILExternalMatrixDisplayElement		Component element drawing external data matrix display
ILExternalSpectrumDisplayElement		Component element drawing external data spectrum display
ILLinearGaugeElement		Component element drawing internal data linear gauge
ILExternalLinearGaugeElement		Component element drawing external data linear gauge
ILExternalLinearGaugeControlHandElement		Component element drawing external user controllable data linear gauge hand
ILExternalLinearGaugeHandElement		Component element drawing external data linear gauge hand
ILLinearGaugeMinMaxHandElement		Component element drawing internal data min or max linear gauge hand
ULAnalogLabelElement		Component element drawing analog label
ULTimeLabelElement		Component element drawing time label
ULExternalLabelElement		Component element drawing external text label
ULImageElement		Component element drawing image
ILExternalSegmentIndicatorElement		Component element drawing external data 7, 9, 14 or 16

InstrumentLab: What's New

New in Version 5.0.3.1 (released on 2012-10-20)

Fixed a bug when populating existing buffers in .NET generic filters

New in Version 5.0.3 (released on 2012-10-10)

Added support for Delphi / C++ Builder / RAD Studio XE3
Added support for Visual Studio 2012
Improved Firemonkey support

New in Version 5.0.2 (released on 2012-04-16)

Added FireMonkey support.
Added 64 bit support for VCL, FireMonkey, and .NET
All .NET assemblies are now managed assemblies.
The .NET assemblies are reduced by half combining low level and high level assemblies, and simplifying deployment.
All .NET assemblies now contain the necessary 32 and 64 bit BPLs and DLLs internally simplifying the deployment.
The .NET Visual C++ redistributables are no longer needed.
Added InstumentLab animations.
Added InstumentLab Analog Instrument center position.
Significantly improved InstrumentLab Analog Instruments rendering performance.
Spectrum, MatrixDisplay, Thermometer, and all Segment displays now can be rotated.

New in Version 5.0.1 (released on 2011-10-18)

The managed assemblies are now rewritten in C# for better .NET 4.0 compatibility.
Added support for .NET 4.0 and .NET 3.5 “Client Profile”.
Significantly improved .NET type converters.
Significantly optimized component loading performance in .NET.
Major improvements in the .NET property editors.
Small improvements in the Unicode support for VC++.
Improved VisualStudio 2010 .NET support.
.NET assemblies have been renamed to better match the Microsoft guidelines.
Added .NET 4.0 assemblies.

New in Version 5.0 (released on 2011-09-05)

Added Delphi XE and XE2 support.
Added control hands to the gauges.
Added optional user input for the video layers.
Significantly improved multithreading model adapted for multicore systems, with advanced relaxed interlocking, and with optional per-component, dedicated threads.

New in Version 4.5

Added Visual Studio 2010 support.
Added TSLGenericRealMatrix component.
Added SLGenericRealValue and TSLGenericRealValueGen components.
Added mouse controlled gauge hands.
Improved multithreading locks.
Improved RAD Studio 2010 buffer debugger visualizes.

New in Version 4.3.1

Updated install.
Improved RAD Studio 2010 buffer debugger visualizes.

New in Version 4.3

Added RAD Studio 2010 support.
Added UserLab Label control.
Added UserLab Image control.
Added Linear Gauge control.
Added Segment Text control.
Added Spectrum control.
Added Matrix control.
Added shaped LED support.
Added non proportional gauges and clocks mode.
Added Diamond and Round Diamond border modes.
Added support for composite components.
Added a large number of component elements, video(draw) and matrix layers.
Added support for Matrix rendering of the components.
Added Visual C++ and .NET support.

New in Version 4.0.1

Improved installs.

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These demos are executable after downloading.
Also see: Demo source code downloads

InstrumentLab Examples

Angular Guages				Demo: Angular Gauges demo
Analog Clocks				Demo: Analog Clocks demo
Linear Gauges				Demo: Linear Gauges demo
Segment Gauges				Demo: Segment Gauges demo
Segment Clocks				Demo: Segment Clocks demo
Segment Indicators				Demo: Segment Indicators demo
Thermometer Gauges				Demo: Thermometers demo
LED Indicators				Demo: LED Displays demo
Composite components				Demo: Composite Components demo
Glass Panels				Demo: Glass Panels demo

InstrumentLab: Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Do I have to purchase InstrumentLab?

A: InstrumentLab is free for non commercial purposes. This means that you can use it for personal pleasure, hobby, or evaluation purposes. If you are student you can also use it for free for your educational needs including school projects. If you are a tutor at present you also can use it for free for your classes. However in the near future a low cost tutor license will be available, and you will have to purchase it. Your students however will not need license to use the product at class.

Q: Is InstrumentLab multithreading? Will it stop streaming while I move the window with the mouse?

A: Yes. InstrumentLab is fully multithreaded and will not stop streaming while the main thread is busy.

InstrumentLab Installers

Firemonkey and VCL Installer: InstrumentLab 5.0.3 VCL and FireMonkey (Windows only) 32 and 64 bit support for 2010 to XE3

Updated on 2012-10-10, downloaded 1793 times.

Firemonkey and VCL Installer: InstrumentLab 5.0.3 VCL and FireMonkey for XE2 Update4 Hotfix1

Updated on 2012-10-13, downloaded 165 times.

Legacy VCL Installer: InstrumentLab 5.0.1 for Delphi/C++ Builder 5 to 2009

Updated on 2011-10-18, downloaded 9137 times.

Visual C++ Installer: InstrumentLab 5.0.3 for Visual C++ MFC

Updated on 2012-10-10, downloaded 1839 times.

.NET Installer: InstrumentLab 5.0.3.1 for Microsoft .NET 2.0-4.0

Updated on 2012-10-20, downloaded 4057 times.

Demos

These demos are executable after downloading. Also see: Demo source code downloads

Analog Clocks demo	Demonstrates a variety of analog clock displays
Angular Gauges demo	Demonstrates a variety of angular gauges
Composite Components demo	Demonstrates building composite instruments, such as segment displays inside angular gauges, angular gauges inside linear gauages, etc
Glass Panels demo	Demonstrates adding a glass effect to any component
LED Displays demo	Demonstrates a variety of LED displays
Linear Gauges demo	Demonstrates a variety of linear gauges
Matrix Display demo	Demonstrates thermometers, gauges and other components on a matrix
Progress Bars demo	Demonstrates a number of great looking progress bars displayed horizontally, vertically -- and even diagonally!
Segment Clocks demo	Demonstrates a variety of segment clock options
Segment Gauges demo	Demonstrates displaying numerical output in segment gauges
Segment Indicators demo	Demonstrates indicating status or alerts with segment displays
Segment Text demo	Demonstrates displaying arbitrary text in a segment component
Thermometers demo	Demonstrates a variety of analog thermometer options
Spectrum demo	Displays a spectrum using TILSpectrumDisplay (which has a matrix display effect)

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