NOTE

Please note that this package is currently beta. Things may break unexpectedly. Most functions writing to Analysis Studio format have been disabled so I don’t see how this package could break your existing data anymore.

Basic Usage

import anasyspythontools as anasys
# Read your Analysis Studio file
f = anasys.read("afmdata.axz")
# Grab all the height map data from the file
heightmaps = f.HeightMaps
# Show off your beautiful images
heightmaps['Height 1'].show()
# Unsure what the data looks like? Try:
dir(f) # Displays user-accessible data
dir(f.HeightMaps)

More useage information can be found in the examples folder.

Features

• Read files with .axz, .axd, file extensions

• Extract AFM spectral and height map images as numpy arrays

• Export spectra and images to xarray type

• Quickly display and save your data

• Use your data with popular Python data libraries and applications (Pandas, Orange3, Jupyter, etc.)

• Work with your data when you’re away from your instruments

• Evaluate your data in a trasparent and flexible way

Installation

From pip

pip install anasyspythontools

From github

Install the latest version:

pip install git+https://github.com/GeorgRamer/anasys-python-tools.git

or a specific branch:

pip install git+https://github.com/GeorgRamer/anasys-python-tools.git@<branchname>

Contribute

• Feel free to fork and hack away!

• If you have a feature you’d like to see, please open an Issue.

Support

This section previously said:

If you are having issues, please let us know. Email Cody directly at cschindler@anasysinstruments.com

Since Cody appears to have stopped working on this, please raise issues in this fork or email Georg at georg.ramer@tuwien.ac.at

License

The project is licensed under the MIT license.

Each .py file in this document has a header stating:

#  Copyright 2017 Cody Schindler <cschindler@anasysinstruments.com>
#
#  This program is the property of Anasys Instruments, and may not be
#  redistributed or modified without explict permission of the author.

To my understanding the MIT license constitutes an “explicit permission” to redistribute and modify. To be on the safe side, I (GeorgRamer) have repeatedly, over a span of several years tried to get confirmation on that from Bruker. I never got a definite answer.