Simplifying the OpenFlexure microscope software with the web of things.

ABSTRACT: We present the OpenFlexure Microscope software stack which provides computer control of our open source motorised microscope. Our diverse community of users needs both graphical and script-based interfaces. We split the control code into client and server applications interfaced via a web API conforming to the W3C Web of Things standard. A graphical interface is viewed either in a web browser or in our cross-platform Electron application, and gives basic interactive control including common operations such as Z stack acquisition and tiled scanning. Automated control is possible from Python and Matlab, or any language that supports HTTP requests. Network control makes the software stack more robust, allows multiple microscopes to be controlled by one computer, and facilitates sharing of equ

SUBMITTER: Collins JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8595986 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature