asammdf 1.0.1

ASAM MDF measurement data file parser

asammdf is a fast parser/editor for ASAM (Associtation for Standardisation of Automation and Measuring Systems) MDF (Measurement Data Format) files. Currently only version 3 is supported.

Project goals

The main goals for this library are:

• to be faster than the other Python based mdf libraries

• clean and simple data types

Dependencies

asammdf uses the following libraries

• numpy : the heart that makes all tick

• numexpr : for formula based channel conversions

• blosc : optionally used for in memmory raw channel data compression

Usage

from asammdf import MDF3
mdf = MDF3('sample.mdf')
speed = mdf.get_signal_by_name('WheelSpeed')

Features

• read sorted and unsorted MDF v3 files

• files are loaded in RAM for fast operations

  • for low memory computers or for large data files there is the option to load only the metadata and leave the raw channel data (the samples) unread; this of course will mean slower channel data access speed

• extract channel data, master channel and extra channel information (unit, conversion rule)

• remove channel by name

• remove data group by specifing a channel name inside the target data group

• append new channels

Benchmarks

using a more complex file of 170MB with 180 data groups and 36000 channels with Python 3.6.1 32bit

• file load:

  • asammdf 1.0.0 : 1040ms

  • mdfreader 0.2.4 : 3986ms

• file save:

  • asammdf 1.0.0 : 722ms

  • mdfreader 0.2.4 : 18800ms

• get channel data (10000 calls):

  • asammdf 1.0.0 : 918ms

  • mdfreader 0.2.4 : 11ms

• RAM usage with loaded raw channel data:

  • asammdf 1.0.0 : 280MB

  • mdfreader 0.2.4 : 441MB

• RAM usage without loaded raw channel data:

  • asammdf 1.0.0 : 118MB

  • mdfreader 0.2.4 : 300MB