# Analog eye traces

**URL:** https://mworks.discourse.group/t/analog-eye-traces/872
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 14, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/analog-eye-traces/872 "2023-02-14T13:29:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![rtraghavan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rtraghavan](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/rtraghavan)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/analog-eye-traces/872/1 "2023-02-14T13:29:18Z")

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Hi Chris,

Can MWorks perform eye calibration on analog inputs provided through a Firmata or Lab Jack? We have a custom eye tracker whose code base only currently allows it to stream analog output. I have been working on a TCP/IP and ZeroMQ output interface, but I realized that perhaps there was already a way to get things working in MWorks as it currently stands. I honestly prefer the idea of general input streams (digital or analog) as opposed to trying to get every eye tracker’s C library integrated into the MWorks core.

RT (Manu) Raghavan  
Movshon Lab, NYU

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### Author: ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/analog-eye-traces/872/2 "2023-02-14T18:52:48Z")

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Hi RT,

Yes, MWorks’ [eye calibrators](https://mworks.github.io/documentation/latest/components/filters.html) will work just fine with analog inputs from a general purpose I/O device. (In fact, before the [EyeLink interface](https://mworks.github.io/documentation/latest/components/eyelink_device.html) was added, that was the _only_ way anyone used them.) As long as the raw x/y positions are stored in variables, those variables can be used as inputs to a calibrator.

Cheers,  
Chris

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### Author: ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/analog-eye-traces/872/3 "2023-03-14T13:59:16Z")

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