kst (software)

Kst
	Screenshot of Kst
Original author(s)	Barth Netterfield
Developer(s)	George Staikos; Andrew Walker;
Repository	github.com/Kst-plot/kst
Engine
Operating system	Linux; Mac; Windows using MinGW;
Type	Graph plotting software
License	GPL
Website	kst-plot.kde.org

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Kst is a plotting and data viewing program. Kst is a KDE application and is freely available for anyone to download and use under the terms of the GPL. It is noted for being able to graph real-time data aquisition.

History

Kst was initially developed by Barth Netterfield, an astrophysicist as a personal project. By 2004 it had begun to be used in various universities and the European Space Agency and development was funded by the Canadian Space Agency.^[1]

Features

kst is a fast real-time large-dataset plotting and viewing tool with basic data analysis functionality.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot types

kst is able to plot histograms and 3-D with color and contour mapping for 3-D images.^[5]

Real-time plotting capability

Kst has been chosen where there is a need to present plots in real-time.^[6]

Applications

Real-time applications vary in size from simple graphing of a sensor from a microcontroller such as arduino that may be set up by a hobbyist to a simple sensor^[2] to plotting of real time date from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope.^[7]

Inputs

Kst is able to accept a number input formats with Dirfiles being particularly suitable for streaming applications^[7]^[8] and plug-in extension filters enabling other input stream types and file formats to be added.^[5]

Scripting language

The tool offers a scripting language, termed KstScript based upon Javascript syntax which can help automate workflows.^[5]

Alternatives

Some alternatives include MATLAB, Qtiplot, SciDAVis, Grace and LabPlot.^[4] However, some of these are part of a numerical analysis package.^[4]

Spin-off developments

Dirfile format

In the process of developing the kst application a spin-off was the emergence of the Dirfile file format standard for time-ordered binary data in an efficient manner.^{[lower-alpha 1]} It was developed under the Getdata project into an independent standard with its own API.^[8]

External links

kst webpage

Notes and references

Notes

↑ The records in files are timestamped and ordered in time of occurence

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 "Interview with Barth Netterfield about kst". TomChance.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Reilly, Rob (August 2010). "Linux Journal" (PDF). No. 196. pp. 62−67. Real-Time Plots with kst and a microcontroller. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 April 2019.
↑ Årzén, Karl-Erik; Faure, Pascal; Fohler, Gerhard; Mattavelli, Marco; Neundorf, Alexander; Romero, Vanessa; Schorr, Stefan (2011-01-29). "D1f - Interface Specification" (PDF). pp. 41–42. Appendix B - The Kst Real-Time Plotting and Data Viewing Interface. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2019.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "Kst - Benchmarks". Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "The Kst Handbook" (PDF). Kst-plot. p. 1. What is Kst?. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
↑ Nowak, Adam; Walkowiak, Przemysław; Szwabe, Andrzej; Misiorek, Pawel. wnPUT Testbed Experimentation Framework. Lecture notes in Computer Science. 7129. pp. 377, 379, 381. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25959-3_27. Search this book on
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Systems and control software for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (PDF). Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 79019. 1 August 2008. doi:10.1117/12.790006. Search this book on
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 "The Dirfile Standards". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

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[9] The records in files are timestamped and ordered in time of occurence

[Chance-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 "Interview with Barth Netterfield about kst". TomChance.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

[LJ-201008-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Reilly, Rob (August 2010). "Linux Journal" (PDF). No. 196. pp. 62−67. Real-Time Plots with kst and a microcontroller. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 April 2019.

[ACTORS-3] Årzén, Karl-Erik; Faure, Pascal; Fohler, Gerhard; Mattavelli, Marco; Neundorf, Alexander; Romero, Vanessa; Schorr, Stefan (2011-01-29). "D1f - Interface Specification" (PDF). pp. 41–42. Appendix B - The Kst Real-Time Plotting and Data Viewing Interface. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2019.

[Own-Benchmarks-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "Kst - Benchmarks". Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.

[Handbook-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "The Kst Handbook" (PDF). Kst-plot. p. 1. What is Kst?. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[PoleSteamTownUni-6] Nowak, Adam; Walkowiak, Przemysław; Szwabe, Andrzej; Misiorek, Pawel. wnPUT Testbed Experimentation Framework. Lecture notes in Computer Science. 7129. pp. 377, 379, 381. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25959-3_27. Search this book on

[Cosmic-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Systems and control software for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (PDF). Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 79019. 1 August 2008. doi:10.1117/12.790006. Search this book on

[DF-8] 8.0 ^8.1 "The Dirfile Standards". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

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