The Thermo Scientific SPC file format provides for storage of a variety of different types of
data taken from laboratory analytical instrumentation, primarily spectral and
chromatographic (trace) data. The SPC format is capable of storing single files or
multifiles and is designed to be general enough to contain most types and styles of data
storage such as even X spacing, non-even X spacing, variable record sizes, and 16 or 32
bit data representation. It is also capable of storing arbitrarily large descriptor
blocks. All of Thermo Scientific's products use the SPC format to store and retrieve spectral and
chromatographic data from hundreds of instrument formats. Many instrument vendors offer
software packages that export to the SPC format.Writing to the SPC File Format
The Thermo Scientific SPC File Developer's Kit is a tool for programmers implementing conversion
routines to/from Thermo Scientific’s SPC file format.
Thermo Scientific SPC File Developer's Kit
This kit contains documents related to the SPC file format, information on how to write a
file converter DLL to plug into the current Thermo Scientific Convert engine, some sample source
code for a converter, a copy of the Thermo Scientific Convert engine, and documents about the
internal file storage formats used for extra information.
Download:
development kit,
(This connects you to the Thermo Scientific website.)
Thermo Scientific Universal Data Format Specification
This document provides a guide for programmers to implement data reading or data writing
routines for files in Thermo Scientific SPC data file format. This document is
included in the Thermo Scientific SPC File Developer's Kit.