title: Kymograph: a muscle physiology toolkit.
abstract: Kymograph is a freely available, Linux-based data acquisition and control system that is designed as a device driver and a series of scriptable tools. It allows the creation of scripts for performing a variety of measurements related to muscle physiology. It can control hardware (2 analog channels) and capture data (up to 16 channels) at rates of up to 1 kHz. It also has the ability to generate stimulus control pulses with a resolution of 10 micros. The tools can be used with any of the common scripting languages to generate complete control and capture routines for performing measurements such as length-tension curves or force-velocity relationships. Source code is provided to allow easy extension of the software.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. jsw9c@uic.edu
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Whitis
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D007734:Kymography; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface