TriboScan is a fully integrated nanomechanical data and analysis software package. With seamless integration between hardware configurations and modes of testing and analysis, TriboScan represents the industry benchmark in nanomechanical testing software.

The introduction of a tab-driven user interface in TriboScan allows users to switch easily between any testing mode and between data collection and analysis. The organizational hierarchy of the tab structure creates an easy-to-learn, intuitive interface that allows the user to locate any operation quickly.

TriboScan was developed to increase the productivity and functionality of Hysitron instruments. The most noticeable difference from previous versions is the incorporation of all testing modes and analysis programs within the same software package. This enables all users to easily see when the last system calibrations were performed and which calibrations should be executed.

Building upon the popular open-loop load function editor, TriboScan now uses a similar click-and-modify feedback control load function editor. This allows users to build complex load or displacement controlled load functions for different testing routines.

Using the existing data analysis routines, TriboScan has been developed to increase the usability of the system for users of all familiarity levels and prepare the instrument for the newest and most advanced hardware.

One of the redesigned features of TriboScan is the in-situ SPM imaging tab which now offers the user a simple arrangement of each setting and parameter available during imaging on one screen. All parameters are easily adjusted in real-time. This feature aids in understanding the data output, and ensures site-specific locations for each indentation. The control panel for imaging enables the user to visualize the roughness of the sample and determine the imaging force required without damaging the sample surface. 

TriboScan 8 features:

• Data collection and analysis software integrated into an easy-to-use tab-driven software package
  
• Availability of load and displacement feedback control nanoscratch testing
  
• Multiple-segment, graphical user interface load and displacement controlled load function editor
  
• Incorporates previously independent software packages such as nanoDMA® II and MultiRange NanoProbe™
  
• Configurable imaging tab allows the user to save multiple passes to analyze the wear of a sample over an extended time
  
• Trusted data anaysis routines provide unsurpassed quantitative data
  
• Fully integrated into all new and developing hardware components, such as nanoECR®, Temperature Control Stages, and TriboImage™
  
• Available in offline package for external data analysis   

TriboScan 9 features*:

• Enables seamless operation of two testing heads (TI 950 TriboIndenter® feature)
  
• Availability of load and displacement feedback control nanoscratch testing
  
• Increased throughput with approach routines 5X faster than previous software versions
  
• Ultra-sensitive pre-contact force measurements with enchanced approach segment controls
  
• Continuous output of modulus and hardness as a function of depth during dynamic measurements
  
• Allows 20 μm of displacement with standard capacitive transducers
  
• 78 kHz feedback loop rate for superior control over the indentation process
  
• Enhanced feedback control enabled for the indentation, scratch, and dynamic modes of operation
  
• Faster in-situ SPM imaging and improved Modulus Mapping™ with the RAPIDprobe™ transducer
  
• Enhanced real-time data plotting during indent and scratch tests
  
• Easy tuning of PID gains with an intuitive step function analysis routine
  
• Multiple user access levels available

*TriboScan 9 includes all features listed for TriboScan 8 

TriboScan Professional features**:

• Automated transducer calibration (indentation and scratch axes)
  
• Automated probe calibration (tip shape validation and area function)
  
• One-click auto-calibration initialization
  
• Advanced routines for tunable critical load detection (indentation and scratch)
  
• Real-time method analysis (hardness/modulus, as well as critical load)
  
• Multiple user levels (administrators, engineer, and operator)
  
• De-skew feature for sample orientation correction
  
• Integrated outlier detection and removal
  
• User-definable auto-calibration frequency and tolerance limits
  
• Above routines also available for MultiRange NanoProbe™ and 3D OmniProbe™

**TriboScan Professional includes all features listed for TriboScan 9 & TriboScan 8