Examples

Examples

FastPlot includes 80+ runnable examples in the examples/ directory. Each demonstrates specific features with realistic data.

Running Examples

install;
cd examples

example_basic;          % Run a specific example
run_all_examples;       % Run all (non-interactive)
demo_all;               % Interactive demo (keeps all plots open)

Basic Usage

Example	Points	Description
example_basic	10M	Noisy sine wave with upper/lower thresholds and warning levels. Shows basic FastSense workflow: addLine, addThreshold, render
example_multi	5x1M	Five sensor lines with shared thresholds. Demonstrates auto color cycling and multiple lines
example_100M	100M	Stress test with 100 million points (~800 MB). Proves FastSense handles extreme datasets

Layouts and Dashboards

Example	Description
example_dashboard	2x2 FastSenseGrid with bands, shading, fills, and markers. Shows setTileSpan, tileTitle
example_dashboard_9tile	3x3 grid with 9 different signal types (15M+ total). Shows large grid layouts
example_mixed_tiles	2x3 grid mixing FastSense plots with raw MATLAB axes (bar, scatter, histogram)
example_dock	FastSenseDock with 5 tabbed dashboards, datetime axes, metadata. Full dock workflow
example_dock_disk	Five disk-backed tabs with 35 sensors, ~100M points total, dynamic thresholds
example_dock_many_tabs	20 tabs in a single dock window to exercise the scrollable tab bar
example_linked	3 synchronized subplots using LinkGroup. Zoom one, all follow
example_multi_sensor_linked	4-channel dashboard (2M pts) with state-dependent thresholds per channel

Data Handling

Example	Points	Description
example_nan_gaps	1M	Data with NaN dropout regions. Shows seamless gap handling
example_uneven_sampling	Variable	Variable-rate event-driven data (sparse monitoring + dense bursts)
example_vibration	20M	Accelerometer data at 50 kHz with bearing fault bursts
example_ecg	5M	ECG signal at 1 kHz with QRS complexes, PVCs, and baseline wander

Visual Features

Example	Description
example_alarm_bands	Industrial 4-level HH/H/L/LL alarm zones with colored bands
example_lttb_vs_minmax	Side-by-side comparison of LTTB and MinMax downsampling on same data
example_themes	Same data rendered in all theme presets
example_toolbar	Interactive toolbar with data cursor, crosshair, grid toggle, autoscale, PNG export
example_datetime	50M points with datetime X-axis, comparing with and without toolbar
example_visual_features	2x2 dashboard showcasing bands, shading, fill, markers
example_navigator_overlay	Standalone NavigatorOverlay demo for custom overview+detail views

Sensors and Thresholds

Example	Description
example_sensor_static	Basic Sensor with static upper/lower thresholds
example_sensor_threshold	Dynamic thresholds that change based on machine state (idle/run/boost)
example_sensor_multi_state	Two state channels (machine + zone) with compound conditions
example_sensor_registry	Using SensorRegistry API: list(), get(), getMultiple()
example_sensor_dashboard	2x2 dashboard combining FastSenseGrid with sensors from registry
example_sensor_todisk	Moving large sensor datasets to disk-backed storage

Event Detection

Example	Description
example_event_detection_live	Live event detection with 3 industrial sensors (temperature, pressure, vibration). Mock data generation with random violations, EventViewer with Gantt timeline and hover tooltips, click-to-plot drill-down, console logging via eventLogger(), and a live FastSense dashboard with linked axes and startLive file-polling
example_event_viewer_from_file	Event store demo with 6 sensors. Auto-saves events to .mat file with backups, opens EventViewer from file with manual/auto-refresh controls, simulates background detection process updating the store while the viewer polls it
example_live_pipeline	Complete live event detection pipeline with data sources, notifications, and snapshots

Stress Tests

Example	Description
example_stress_test	5-tab FastSenseDock with 26 sensors across 60M total points. Tests rendering performance at scale
example_dynamic_thresholds_100M	10 sensors with 100M points each, dynamic thresholds, state channels

Dashboard Engine

Example	Description
example_dashboard_engine	DashboardEngine with sensor-bound FastSenseWidgets, dynamic thresholds, JSON save/load
example_dashboard_all_widgets	Every widget type in a single dashboard: FastSense, Number, Status, Gauge, Table, RawAxes, Timeline, Text, Heatmap, BarChart, Histogram, Scatter, Image, MultiStatus
example_dashboard_live	DashboardEngine in live mode with periodic data updates
example_dashboard_groups	Panel, collapsible, and tabbed groups with GroupWidget
example_dashboard_info	Dashboard with InfoFile property linking to rendered Markdown documentation

Data Storage

Example	Description
example_disk_storage	FastSenseDataStore with SQLite-backed chunked storage for 100M+ datasets

Sensor Detail Views

Example	Description
example_sensor_detail	SensorDetailPlot with state bands and threshold context
example_sensor_detail_basic	Basic sensor detail view without state channels
example_sensor_detail_dashboard	Sensor detail view in a dashboard layout
example_sensor_detail_datetime	Sensor detail view with datetime X axis
example_sensor_detail_dock	Sensor detail views in a tabbed dock

Benchmarks

Example	Description
benchmark	FastPlot vs plot() across 10K to 100M points. Measures render time, zoom latency, point reduction, GPU memory
benchmark_zoom	Per-frame zoom latency analysis. Measures actual ms per zoom/pan interaction
benchmark_features	Overhead of visual features: bands, shading, fill, markers, themes
benchmark_resolve	Sensor.resolve() performance: naive per-point vs optimized segment-based approach

See Also

• Getting Started — Step-by-step tutorial
• Performance — Benchmark results