Import measurement data produced by a Daybreak TL/OSL reader into R

Import a TXT-file (ASCII file) or a DAT-file (binary file) produced by a Daybreak reader into R. The import of the DAT-files is limited to the file format described for the software TLAPLLIC v.3.2 used for a Daybreak, model 1100.

Usage

read_Daybreak2R(file, raw = FALSE, verbose = TRUE, txtProgressBar = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

file: character or list (required): path and file name of the file to be imported. Alternatively a list of file names can be provided or just the path a folder containing measurement data. Please note that the specific, common, file extension (txt) is likely leading to function failures during import when just a path is provided.
raw: logical (with default): if the input is a DAT-file (binary) a data.table::data.table instead of the RLum.Analysis object can be returned for debugging purposes.
verbose: logical (with default): enables or disables terminal feedback
txtProgressBar: logical (with default): enables or disables txtProgressBar.
...: not in use, for compatibility reasons only

Value

A list of RLum.Analysis objects (each per position) is provided.

Note

[BETA VERSION] This function still needs to be tested properly. In particular the function has underwent only very rough rests using a few files.

Function version

0.3.2

Author

Sebastian Kreutzer, Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University (Germany)
Antoine Zink, C2RMF, Palais du Louvre, Paris (France)

The ASCII-file import is based on a suggestion by Willian Amidon and Andrew Louis Gorin , RLum Developer Team

How to cite

Kreutzer, S., Zink, A., 2024. read_Daybreak2R(): Import measurement data produced by a Daybreak TL/OSL reader into R. Function version 0.3.2. In: Kreutzer, S., Burow, C., Dietze, M., Fuchs, M.C., Schmidt, C., Fischer, M., Friedrich, J., Mercier, N., Philippe, A., Riedesel, S., Autzen, M., Mittelstrass, D., Gray, H.J., Galharret, J., Colombo, M., 2024. Luminescence: Comprehensive Luminescence Dating Data Analysis. R package version 0.9.26. https://r-lum.github.io/Luminescence/

Examples


if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
file <- system.file("extdata/Daybreak_TestFile.txt", package = "Luminescence")
temp <- read_Daybreak2R(file)
} # }