FAMOS (short for fast analysis and monitoring of signals) is a graphical data analysis program
for
image analysis
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, evaluating and visually displaying measurement results. The program was introduced in 1987 by the German company imc Test & Measurement GmbH (integrated measurement & control) in Berlin for
Windows
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3.11. According to its manufacturer, FAMOS offers high speed display and processing of data sets of any size.
Import of a wide variety of data formats
FAMOS can import data from different file formats, e.g.
Excel-,
Binary-, or
ASCII
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-files. With a file assistant it is also possible to create different import filters. It is possible to present the data in different graphical ways. The information can be combined, labeled and processed.
FAMOS is able to store data in a proprietary as well as in
ASCII
ASCII ( ), abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication. ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices. Because ...
or
Excel format.
Data analysis
Imported data can be processed with a variety of mathematical operations, either manually or in automated procedures. FAMOS offers expansion modules for special operations such as electronic filters, for spectral analysis and for synchronized display of data and video sequences and for the
ASAM-ODS data model. It is also possible to play data back audibly with the PC sound card.
Documentation
By means of its "Report Generator", FAMOS enables creation of documentations / lab reports consisting of a variety of dialog elements and plots as well as graphics with controls which can be automatically hidden when printing. The reports generated can be subject to post-processing using various input data, and there are templates for partially or fully automated composition of reports.
Literature (German language)
* 20 Jahre imc und ADDITIVE, sensor report 4/2008
* FAMOS 6.0 - Mehr als nur Signalanalyse, Physik Journal 6/2008
* Neue Software-Version für die Analyse von Messsignalen, ATZ 4/2008
* Signalanalyse für den Messtechniker, TECHNICA 23-24/2005
* Signalanalysesoftware mit neuen Funktionen, Maschinenmarkt 17/2008
* Wie ein Taschenrechner, MSR Magazin 11/2002
* FAMOS - Taschenrechner für die Meßtechnik, Addison-Wesley, 1997,
References
External links
- FAMOS website
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Science software
Physics software
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Computer-related introductions in 1987
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