SnackerTracker Code - Core

This code contains core functionalities which can be used to analyse SnackerTracker data.

snackertracker_v20 imports SnackerTracker output files, filters recordings in nine steps according to user-specifications, then re-formats data for visualisation and analysis. These nine steps (line reference) include:

Step 1: Raw data and switch assessment (line 210) Step 2: Crop specifications (line 470) Step 3: Mass filtering (line 931) Step 4: Plateau filter application (line 1359) Step 5: Interactions assessment and frequency analysis (line 2027) Step 6: LDR filtering (line 2351) Step 7: Output summary (line 2541) Step 8: Cropping and alignment (line 2741) Step 9: Data compression (line 3261).

It requires the user to input the SnackerTracker SD output .txt file name(s), directory location, and additional processing specifications. Output files are saved in the parent folder as SKRTKR-Processed.csv. These can be exported to a graphing program of choice for further visualisation and data analysis.

bulk_sin can be optionally used to additionally process outputs from snackertracker_v20 to return curves of best fit (i.e., period/frequency decompositions).

dataCompression and dataCompressionBin are required callable functions. These must be downloaded in the same parent folder as snackertracker_v20 but should not be otherwise opened or modified.