<s>
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
(	O
before	O
1998	O
was	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
MacLab	B-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
a	O
data	B-Algorithm
acquisition	I-Algorithm
system	I-Algorithm
developed	O
by	O
ADInstruments	O
comprising	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
and	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
life	O
science	O
research	O
and	O
teaching	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
consists	O
of	O
an	O
input	O
device	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
or	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
computer	O
using	O
a	O
USB	B-Protocol
cable	O
and	O
LabChart	O
software	O
which	O
is	O
supplied	O
with	O
the	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
and	O
provides	O
the	O
recording	O
,	O
display	O
and	O
analysis	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
and	O
supplementary	O
ADInstruments	O
products	O
have	O
been	O
demonstrated	O
on	O
the	O
Journal	O
of	O
Visualised	O
Experiments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
MacLab	B-Operating_System
unit	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
to	O
run	O
with	O
only	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
to	O
perform	O
computer-based	O
data	B-Algorithm
acquisition	I-Algorithm
and	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MacLab	B-Operating_System
product	O
range	O
was	O
renamed	O
"	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
"	O
in	O
1997	O
to	O
reflect	O
the	O
cross-platform	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
system	O
is	O
essentially	O
a	O
peripheral	O
device	O
designed	O
to	O
perform	O
various	O
functions	O
needed	O
for	O
data	B-Algorithm
acquisition	I-Algorithm
,	O
signal	O
conditioning	O
and	O
pre-processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Includes	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
4/35	O
,	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
8/35	O
and	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
16/35	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Includes	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
4/30	O
,	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
8/30	O
and	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
16/30	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Original	O
MacLab	B-Operating_System
:	O
First	O
released	O
November	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Includes	O
MacLab/4	O
and	O
MacLab/8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
SCSI	O
connection	O
only	O
and	O
includes	O
MacLab	B-Operating_System
/4S	O
,	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
/4S	O
,	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
/8S	O
and	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
/16S	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
SCSI	O
and	O
USB	B-Protocol
connections	O
and	O
includes	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
/4SP	O
,	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
/8SP	O
,	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
/16SP	O
,	O
and	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
4ST	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
USB	B-Protocol
connections	O
only	O
and	O
includes	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
2/20	O
,	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
4/20	O
,	O
and	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
4/20T	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
10T	O
for	O
teaching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Requires	O
high	O
speed	O
USB	B-Protocol
2.0	O
connections	O
and	O
includes	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
2/25	O
,	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
4/25	O
,	O
and	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
4/25T	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
functions	O
like	O
a	O
traditional	O
multi-channel	O
chart	O
recorder	O
,	O
XY	B-Device
plotter	I-Device
,	O
polygraph	B-Application
and	O
digital	O
voltmeter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
both	O
Windows	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large	O
specialised	O
add-ons	O
called	O
Modules	O
provide	O
data	B-Algorithm
acquisition	I-Algorithm
and	O
analysis	O
features	O
for	O
specific	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
ECG	O
,	O
blood	O
pressure	O
,	O
cardiac	O
output	O
,	O
HRV	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extensions	O
perform	O
functions	O
such	O
as	O
file	O
translations	O
into	O
other	O
formats	O
(	O
including	O
PVAN	O
and	O
Igor	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
)	O
and	O
specialist	O
analysis	O
functions	O
(	O
for	O
specific	O
research	O
areas	O
such	O
as	O
spirometry	O
and	O
ventricular	O
pressure	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
provides	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
hands-on	O
laboratory	O
background	O
for	O
students	O
that	O
includes	O
experimental	O
background	O
&	O
protocols	O
,	O
data	B-Algorithm
acquisition	I-Algorithm
&	O
analysis	O
,	O
and	O
report	O
generation	O
within	O
one	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
and	O
accompanying	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
hardware	O
is	O
configured	O
for	O
immediate	O
use	O
with	O
step	O
by	O
step	O
instructions	O
designed	O
to	O
maximize	O
student	O
productivity	O
by	O
applying	O
independent	O
learning	O
techniques	O
to	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
human	O
and	O
animal	O
physiological	O
experiments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerLab	B-Operating_System
messaging	O
protocol	O
is	O
not	O
publicly	O
available	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
public	O
API	O
for	O
traditional	O
programming	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
C	O
.	O
</s>
