read_pdz

Load data from Bruker PDZ binary file format. Tested with data from a Bruker Tracer 5i handheld x-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument.

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Load data from the Bruker PDZ binary file format. Tested with data from a Bruker Tracer 5i handheld x-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument. This file format isn't documented anywhere online (or in the Bruker manuals), as far as I can tell. I know that different versions of the device have different file formats, but I have never seen data from other versions of the device.
The intensity (count) data is loaded along with the wavelength/energy axis. The x axis is formatted as keV (kiloelectron Volts), and the y axis is in counts. Various other data is included in the FileInfo structure.

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Francis Esmonde-White (2026). read_pdz (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/89326-read_pdz), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Version Published Release Notes
1.0.2

Decoded additional parameters, like acquisition date.
Fixed a couple of mislabeled records (detector temperature was incorrect).
Added support for the smaller PDZ files that don't have extra note
fields.
1.0.0