How to use NI Biomedical Startup Kit 2.0 - File Format Converter

[ZJ.Gu]

File Format Converter

In the biomedical signal processing field, software and hardware equipment generate different types of data files. The File Format Converter is a LabVIEW application that converts files of different file types for use in various applications, including importing the popular EDF file format.

This application includes the following features:

• Importing files of the following file types:
  • .tdms
  • .lvm
  • MATLAB® .MAT
  • MIT-BIH Database
  • European Data Format (EDF, EDF+)
  • Axon Instruments data file formats (.abf, .bdf, .edf, and so on)
• Converting and saving files to the following file types:
  • .tdms
  • MATLAB .MAT
  • MIT-BIH Database
  • Axon Instruments data file format (.abf)
• Converting part of signal from one file type to another file type.

Complete the following steps to load data of one file type and convert specific signals from that data to another file type.

1. Launch the File Format Converter.
2. In the Operation section, click the Browse button next to the Input Path and navigate to the data file you want to load.
3. Click the OK button.

   Note  The Output Path automatically populates with the same folder path as the Input Path. You can click the Browse button next to the Output Path to select a different location to save the converted file.

4. Select the file format to convert the exported channels to from the Output Format pull-down menu.
5. In the Channel Settings section, select the channel in the Input column that you want to convert and click the add button. This channel appears in the Output column.

   Tip  Click the Add ALL button to select all the channels in the data file to convert.

6. Click the Run button to convert the channels in the Output column. A dialog box displays with the location of the new data file.

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[spsuamin]

Hi

I downloaded the biomedical toolkit really for the purpose of the file format converter tool. I create alot of applications where I store data in .tdms but analyze it in Matlab. So the tool's ability to convert from .tdms to .mat is really of interest of me. I downloaded the toolkit and tried to convert a .tdms file to .mat but upon the selection of the output format I am only able to select .tdms. Is the functionality to convert to .mat not available in this release?

[ZJ.Gu]

Hi spsuamin,

You are right that this version only supports TDMS. But soon we will support MIT-BIH Database , MAT. Please wait a moment.

[No100]

Could you please provide me with a link of where I could download this from please. Thanks