HBM Converter

Convert Hitachi or Hibernate files (HBM) online for free


Drop or upload your .HBM file
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How to convert your HBM file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your HBM file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert HBM to another file type

The converter easily converts your HBM files to various formats - free and online. No Gwyddion or other Data software needed.

  • HBM to 92I
  • HBM to RLB
  • HBM to RPBM
  • HBM to JPE
  • HBM to RPNM
  • HBM to PPM
  • HBM to PC3
  • HBM to PIX
  • HBM to NOL
  • HBM to JIF
  • HBM to QTL
  • HBM to PI4

Convert a file to HBM

To convert other file formats to the "Microscopy Data File" file type, you need software like Gwyddion or a similar tool.


About HBM files

The .HBM file extension is primarily used for Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) data generated by equipment from Hitachi High-Tech Corporation. These files store highly precise topographic and atomic-level measurements. A secondary, rare use case is the Hard Bullet Map format used in specific gaming engines. The main disadvantage of the .HBM microscopy format is its proprietary nature. It requires expensive, specialized Hitachi software to open natively. This creates a massive bottleneck for scientists and researchers who need to share visual data with peers or publish it in journals, as standard web browsers and image viewers cannot read the raw atomic data arrays. To make the data useful, users must convert .HBM files into standard raster images like PNG or TIFF for publication, or into CSV and TXT files for raw statistical analysis. Because it is a closed binary format, standard online image converters will fail to process it. Usually, specialized open-source tools like Gwyddion are required to read and export the data. Just drag and drop your file onto convert.guru to identify the exact format, view its internal metadata, and convert it if our engine supports the embedded scientific data.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your HBM file.


FAQ

If you want to convert HBM file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Gwyddion or similar software from the "Microscopy Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to HBM, try Gwyddion or another comparable tool in the "Microscopy Data Storage" category.



The HBM Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our HBM converter.