devwraps

A collection of device wrappers for Python 3 in Windows. This library includes support for some scientific cameras and deformable mirrors.

Supported devices

• Boston Micromachines deformable mirrors
  • Multi-DM (bmc)
• ALPAO deformable mirrors
  • (asdk)
• Thorlabs scientific cameras
  • Grayscale devices (thorcam)
• IDS scientific cameras
  • Grayscale devices (ueye)
• Andor scientific cameras
  • Grayscale devices (sdk3)
• Ximea scientific cameras
  • Grayscale devices (ximea)

Install

Download and install some of the manufacturer drivers above. Then install the following requirements:

• Anaconda
• Build Tools for Visual Studio
  • NB: these are the tools to build Visual Studio projects from a command-line, not the full Visual Studio
• Git
  • NB: Make sure you choose "Git from the command line and also 3rd-party software" in "Adjusting your PATH environment"

Double click on install.bat.

Known bugs

• asdk and sdk3 are mostly untested
• timeout error handling in grab_image() is incomplete
• continuous acquisition (start_video() and stop_video()) mostly untested