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LightningChart Pro by Arction

URLs: lightningchart-pro, lightningchart pro, lightningchartpro, arction

Super-fast real-time chart control library for .NET and Windows. LightningChart Pro is especially designed for professional data acquisition software, PC-based oscilloscopes and signal analyzers, scientific research, medical and other real-time measurement and signal monitoring applications. Being optimized for high-speed sampled signal data handling with innovative CPU overhead saving techniques, it is able to handle huge point counts, where other chart/graph controls get delayed, frozen or crashed.

LightningChart Pro package consists of the following components:

LightningChart Pro

ChartManager

SignalGenerator

LightningChart Pro

By utilizing the power of modern display adapters, the screen resolution can be very high even with the most demanding real-time measurements. There are many horizontal scrolling modes available, providing an ideal and smooth scrolling effect for every scenario. The data handling capacity is up to hundreds of millions of new data points / sec.

LightningChart Pro allows using many different series types, signal tracking cursors and signal markers. Data handling capacity and performance is excellent also in signal review and analysis applications. For that purpose, it has built-in customizable scroll bars, with 64-bit value range for direct usage as sample indexing in long high speed measurements. Appearance is fully customizable providing a very modern user interface. For easy properties setup, chart has a built-in Chart editor window.

Key properties

Draws huge amounts of measured data as graphs in real-time, very smoothly, up to hundreds of millions of new data points / sec.

Full 64-bit support. Utilizes over 2 GB memory (in 64-bit systems).

Various series types: SampleData, PointLines, FreeformLines, Bars, Bands, Constant lines

Built-in series tracking cursors

Series and chart event marker indicators

Many Y axes/chart: stacked or layered

Different X-axis real-time monitoring scrolling modes: Scrolling, sweeping, stepping, oscilloscope style level triggered

Automatic scale fitting, grids and divisions

Fast scale setting with mouse

Zoom and Pan operation

Comprehensive user interface customization: Fonts, alpha colors, line styles, point styles, bitmaps, fills, smoke effects, blinking effects, anti-aliased lines

Scrollbars with 64-bit value range

ChartManager

ChartManager is a component coordinating the interoperation of multiple LightningChart Pro components. For example it allows for series drag-drop from one chart to another.

SignalGenerator

SignalGenerator is a multi-functional signal generator component. It allows combining different waveform types into single, real-time output signal. The waveform components can be set with a built-in user interface or by code.

Waveform component types

Sine: adjustable Amplitude, offset, frequency and delay

Square: adjustable Amplitude, offset, frequency, delay and symmetry

Triangle: adjustable Amplitude, offset, frequency, delay and symmetry

Noise: random noise with adjustable amplitude and offset

The output signal sampling frequency can be freely set and the operating mode can be selected between threaded and timered modes. Several signal generators can be combined as one, synchronized, multi-channel output via master-slave relationship.

SignalGenerator is a very handy component when developing real-time monitoring solutions, with LightningChart Pro or other tools.

LightningChart Pro vs. Basic comparison

FeaturesProBasic

Real-time monitoring performanceVery good and fastVery good

Refresh rate (Frames per second)Up to display refresh rate, typically 60Delimited to 15

Y axis countUnlimited2

X axis scrolling modesScrolling

Stepping

Sweeping

Line series level triggered

Scrolling

Stepping

Series typesPointLine

FreeformLine

Bars

Bands

Constant lines

SampleData, single precision

SampleData, double precision

PointLine

FreeformLine

Bars

Bands

Constant lines

Overlay labelsYesNo

Fill styles for UI elementsColor

Gradient color

Bitmap with various options

Smoke animation

Event marker indicatorsSeries markers with series tracking

Chart markers

Point styles for PointLine series, LineSeries tracking cursors and marker indicatorsRectangle

Circle

Triangle

Flag

Flag with lightning

Cross

CrossAim

Bitmap

Series titlesInside graph

In legend box

Legend box propertiesCategorization (None, Y axes, series type)

Checkboxes for showing/hiding series

Layout (Horizontal, horizontal row span, vertical, vertical column span)

Y axes layoutLayered, common X axis

Stacked, common X axis

Stacked, local X axes

Axes propertiesMajor divisions

Major grid

Minor divisions

Minor grid

Value type: time, number

Scale nibs and mouse dragging for visible range editing

Division snapping for mouse dragging

Freely settable axis position

Grid lines with various line styles

Automatic / manual division tick spacing

Automatic / manual labels format

Reversed Y axes

Titles

Units

MiniScales

Royalty-free distributionYes

Chart editor dialogYes

Scrollbars with 64-bit value rangeYes

Export formatsPNG, BMP, JPG image export, with optional anti-aliasing

PrintingPrinting with print setup and preview

SignalGenerator componentYesNo

ChartManager componentYesNo

Technical supportHigh-priority e-mail support (typically response and problem solving within 1 business day)Low-priority e-mail support (typically response and problem solving within 3 business days)

Subscription duration2 years1 year

LightningChart Pro 1.5

Intel HD Graphics GPU driver bug overridden in x86 applications, precision forced by code.

Trial expired exception notified in demo application.

Trial nag animation replaced with static trial text in the center of the chart.

Arction DLLs install in the Lib folder.

SlimDx updated to March 2011 version.

Bug fixes.

LightningChart V1.4.1

Improved C++ features and documentation

LightningChart V1.3.2

Minor changes and bug fixes

What's New in LightningChart V1.3

MeasureText method added for measuring text with given font

XML files to be installed aside dll files into target directory

Stacked Y axis view zoom (left to right) changed not to zoom in Y dimension at all

PointLineSeries value table assign updates the "Zoom to fit" stat data properly

Scrollbar key press double-operation fixed

Scrollbar mouse wheel change raises also Scrolled event

DirectX render device does not show error message when error code 0 is got

EndScene call fixed when fast vertices are not supported

Demo application descriptions for each page

Bands drawing fixed, when other scrolling mode than sweeping is selected and Behind is false

GetXMinMax method added for all line series types

Zoom to fit fixed when series is outside the visible X range

Trial nag message made less disturbing

A couple of new samples in Demo application

ValuesChanged event added for Bands

Fixed delayed move after mouse button has been released, for Bands

ValueChanged event added for ConstantLines

Fixed delayed move after mouse button has been released, for ConstantLines

Fixed band color changing during resize or move

Scrollbar value change extra repaint removed

Extreme zoom jam fixed, when axis AutoDivSpacing is false

Histogram example added for Pro Demo application

Scatter example added for Pro Demo application

InvalidateData method added for all series. It notifies chart that data value array has been changed

ClipInsideXRange property added for ChartEventMarkers

BindToXAxis property added for ChartEventMarkers

Legend box icons freeing fixed with some properties

Render device info ToString method added

Show GPU info button added for demo application

Source code path added for demo application title

BuildInstructions.txt added for demo application

Timered drawing removed, some brakes installed instead. Allows fluent mouse operation

LightningChart Pro has been discontinued. This version was announced as an end-of-life product from February 1st, 2012. If you are interested in LightningChart please purchase the moore versatile and faster LightningChart Ultimate

Support and maintenance still continue for existing customers and there is an upgrade option available.

Fast real-time chart control library for .NET and Windows.

Pricing: LightningChart Ultimate package (without source) 4.1 Upgrade from Lightning Pro 1 Developer License Upgrade from LightningChart Pro without Source, LightningChart Ultimate package (with source) 4.1 Upgrade from Lightning Pro 1 Developer License Upgrade from LightningChart Pro with Source

Evals & Downloads: Read the LightningChart Pro help file, Read the SignalGenerator help file, Read the LightningChart Quick Reference Guide, Read the LightningChart product brochure, Read the Arction End User License Agreement, Download the LightningChart Pro 1.5 evaluation on to your computer - Expires after 30 days

Operating System for Deployment: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Architecture of Product: 32Bit, 64Bit

Product Type: Component

Component Type: .NET WinForms

Built Using: Visual C# .NET

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Basic 2008, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, Microsoft Visual C# 2008, Microsoft Visual C# 2005, .NET Framework 3.5

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Part numbers: PC-534503-437154 534503-437154 PC-534503-437155 534503-437155