Support Public Lab Today! For the last twelve years, Public Lab has hosted SpectralWorkbench.org so that people everywhere can calibrate and analyze their spectra. Unfortunately, current circumstances have led us to scale back and take certain services offline. SpectralWorkbench.org will go offline as of August 15, 2022. The SpectralWorkbench platform runs on a combination of volunteer and paid labor by the many people that build, maintain, and operate it via Public Lab. This is an effective combination thanks to the culture of Public Lab's Coding Community. Public Lab's web ecosystem, including PublicLab.org, MapKnitter.org, SpectralWorkbench.org, Infragram.org and associated projects, takes 20 hours a week from three Code Coordinators and our sysadmin. While cost effective, it is not free. Web hosting and server costs for SpectralWorkbench are approximately $1000 per month. We are doing our best to sustain programming and support for our community, and we need your help. Thank you for being part of our community. We can't wait to be back online with you. Support Public Lab by making a donation today. ###What is Spectral Workbench? [SpectralWorkbench.org](https://spectralworkbench.org) is a web based application to collect, archive, share, and analyze spectral data, for Public Lab [DIY spectrometers](/wiki/spectrometer) and other spectrometers. With it, you can: * connect your USB [Desktop Spectrometry Kit](/wiki/desktop-spectrometry-kit-3-0) * scan and save samples * wavelength calibrate your spectrometer * plot light intensity as a function of wavelength (average digital consumer cameras have a range of 400 to 700 nm) * create sets of multiple spectra to visually compare and analyze scans * download CSV data for offline analysis * view others' data and discuss * find similar data in [a database of over 60k spectra](https://spectralworkbench.org/stats) No download is required -- just a web connection. The Chrome browser works best, but most standard-compliant browsers are supported. It is possible to use from an Android smartphone, preferably with the Firefox browser which allows you to specify which camera to look through. **** ###Contents * [Learn to use the software](/wiki/spectral-workbench-usage) * Learn about the [available tools](/wiki/spectral-workbench-tools) * Learn about [Calibration](/wiki/spectral-workbench-calibration) * Learn about the [Snapshots system](/wiki/spectral-workbench-snapshots) * Learn about the [Operations system](/wiki/spectral-workbench-operations) * [Spectrometry in general](/wiki/spectrometer) * [Applications & uses](/wiki/spectral-analysis) * [Construction](/wiki/spectrometer-construction) * [Desktop Spectrometry Kit](/wiki/desktop-spectrometry-kit-3-0) * [Foldable Mini-Spectrometer](/wiki/foldable-spec) * [Troubleshooting](/wiki/spectral-workbench-help) * [API Docs](/wiki/spectral-workbench-api) **** ###Intro video ## Browsers Spectral Workbench should work on Chrome (in Windows/Mac/Linux/Android, but not iOS), Firefox (Windows/Mac/Linux/Android), or Opera (Android). It may work on other browsers and we are working on expanding coverage; read more on this page: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench.js/issues/87 **** ## Development Do you code? The codebase of Spectral Workbench is available at https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench. The server is written in Ruby on Rails, with a lot of client side code in JavaScript. You can read about [the JavaScript API here](/wiki/spectral-workbench-api). We really need more developers, so if you are interested, please get involved! A great place to start is the "plots-dev" mailing list for software developers: http://publiclab.org/wiki/developers **** ## FAQ We're collecting and working our way through a range of questions about Spectral Workbench -- if you can contribute your own questions, or answer others', please do! [questions:spectral-workbench] **** ## Troubleshooting If you feel you've encountered a bug with the software -- very possible! Please look through existing issues listed here, file a new one if you don't see something similar, and help to add any observations to existing issues shown here. Thanks for helping improve this open source software! [questions:spectral-workbench-issues] ...
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| kgradow1 | "Could you use a laser pointer and still go through the same workflow with @cfastie's reference image? I'm not sure if the peaks would line up, th..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| liz | "Hi Damian, Sorry to hear of this trouble! Tomorrow, and every Tuesday at 3pm ET / 7pm GMT, find us on the video link listed at the top of: https://..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| yp1080030 | "Note Work Computer CLICK HERE " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi! I've noticed that the Pi runs /much/ faster when adequately cooled -- strange but true, because I think it throttles to reduce temperature. So..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| danieisnietgek | "Thanks changed it like you mentioned " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| bsugar | "@danieisnietgek, I'm not sure if you can edit the title, but if have a suggestion which is that you add something about the raspberry pi. For exam..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| mp_pathela | ":tada: " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| akheelbm | "NIce post Thanks for the information you shared,great workBuy Building Materials Online " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| Govtjobofassam | "valuable ! thanks for that ! " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| bansal_sidharth2996 | "Nice to see the progress over SWB repos. " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| ArtistMonkey83 | "I wanted to know if B2 is == 435.83 and if G2 is == 546.07 nanometers. I am also interested in knowing how these values where chosen. I looked up s..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| ArtistMonkey83 | "The github link is no longer active. " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| ArtistMonkey83 | "This link is no longer active. " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| tammylawry24 | " food survey Customer Satisfaction Survey is a way to tell your feedback and problems that you have faced atsurveyhelper.net. Participate in food s..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi! You should be able to find 3d printable models at https://publiclab.org/lego, and potentially some other variants at https://publiclab.org/spec..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| stef | " hello,i am trying to search notes for a 3d printed spectrometer which i saw some time ago i have been offline for sometime due to health issues an..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| MrBumper | " I seem to remember the web site app does not cope well with two cameras. If you can find a software toggle on your system (you may even need to go..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| joyofsoy | " Thanks so much @aemilius89! We just finished updating the embedded videos you linked to, and have on more on the main page that will be taken care..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| Bronwen | " Thanks, Emiel- Thanks for the heads up, we'll try to get these fixed asap. And yes! If you find additional broken links please do share them. Muc..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| aemilius89 | " The following pages miss functional videos. https://publiclab.org/wiki/spectral-workbench-calibration https://publiclab.org/notes/warren/09-01-2..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| Bronwen | " Hi aemilius89 -- thanks for the heads up! We recently made some changes to our youtube account, so it looks like we may need to get back in there ..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Awesome! -- Post to this group at plots-spectometry@googlegroups.com Public Lab mailing lists (http://publiclab.org/lists) are great for ..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| msolomon | "Thank you both for your suggestions! I have it working now. " | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, I believe this relates to the angle of your camera in the box. If you try to point it further up or down, you should be able to center the spec..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago |