OpenFIBSEM: an application programming interface for easy FIB/SEM automation

Autor: Patrick Cleeve, David Dierickx, Genevieve Buckley, Sergey Gorelick, Lucile Naegele, Lachlan Burne, James C Whisstock, Alex de Marco
Rok vydání: 2022
Popis: Automation in microscopy is the key to success in long and complex experiments. Most microscopy manufacturers provide Application Programming Interfaces (API) to enable communication between a user-defined program and the hardware. Although APIs effectively allow the development of complex routines involving hardware control, the developers need to build the applications from basic commands. Here we present a Software Development Kit (SDK) for easy control of Focussed Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopes (FIB/SEM) microscopes. The SDK, which we named OpenFIBSEM consists of a suite of building blocks for easy control that simplify the development of complex automated workflows.
Databáze: OpenAIRE