Python-Microscope - a new open-source Python library for the control of microscopes
Custom-built microscopes often require control of multiple hardware devices and precise hardware coordination. It is also desirable to have a solution that is scalable to complex systems and that is translatable between components from different manufacturers. Here we report Python-Microscope, a fre...
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Company of Biologists
2021
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| author | Susano Pinto, DM Phillips, MA Hall, N Mateos-Langerak, J Stoychev, D Susano Pinto, T Booth, MJ Davis, I Dobbie, IM |
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| description | Custom-built microscopes often require control of multiple hardware devices and precise hardware coordination. It is also desirable to have a solution that is scalable to complex systems and that is translatable between components from different manufacturers. Here we report Python-Microscope, a free and open-source Python library for high-performance control of arbitrarily complex and scalable custom microscope systems. Python-Microscope offers simple to use Python-based tools, abstracting differences between physical devices by providing a defined interface for different device types. Concrete implementations are provided for a range of specific hardware, and a framework exists for further expansion. Python-Microscope supports the distribution of devices over multiple computers while maintaining synchronisation via highly precise hardware triggers. We discuss the architectural features of Python-Microscope that overcome the performance problems often raised against Python and demonstrate the different use cases that drove its design: integration with user-facing projects, namely the Microscope-Cockpit project; control of complex microscopes at high speed while using the Python programming language; and use as a microscope simulation tool for software development. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:f90c88bc-d8c5-4deb-a477-e9eba3950e7d2023-01-05T14:44:49ZPython-Microscope - a new open-source Python library for the control of microscopesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f90c88bc-d8c5-4deb-a477-e9eba3950e7dEnglishSymplectic ElementsCompany of Biologists2021Susano Pinto, DMPhillips, MAHall, NMateos-Langerak, JStoychev, DSusano Pinto, TBooth, MJDavis, IDobbie, IMCustom-built microscopes often require control of multiple hardware devices and precise hardware coordination. It is also desirable to have a solution that is scalable to complex systems and that is translatable between components from different manufacturers. Here we report Python-Microscope, a free and open-source Python library for high-performance control of arbitrarily complex and scalable custom microscope systems. Python-Microscope offers simple to use Python-based tools, abstracting differences between physical devices by providing a defined interface for different device types. Concrete implementations are provided for a range of specific hardware, and a framework exists for further expansion. Python-Microscope supports the distribution of devices over multiple computers while maintaining synchronisation via highly precise hardware triggers. We discuss the architectural features of Python-Microscope that overcome the performance problems often raised against Python and demonstrate the different use cases that drove its design: integration with user-facing projects, namely the Microscope-Cockpit project; control of complex microscopes at high speed while using the Python programming language; and use as a microscope simulation tool for software development. |
| spellingShingle | Susano Pinto, DM Phillips, MA Hall, N Mateos-Langerak, J Stoychev, D Susano Pinto, T Booth, MJ Davis, I Dobbie, IM Python-Microscope - a new open-source Python library for the control of microscopes |
| title | Python-Microscope - a new open-source Python library for the control of microscopes |
| title_full | Python-Microscope - a new open-source Python library for the control of microscopes |
| title_fullStr | Python-Microscope - a new open-source Python library for the control of microscopes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Python-Microscope - a new open-source Python library for the control of microscopes |
| title_short | Python-Microscope - a new open-source Python library for the control of microscopes |
| title_sort | python microscope a new open source python library for the control of microscopes |
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