pymodaq_plugins_smaract 3.3.0

Set of PyMoDAQ plugins for linear actuators from Smaract (SLC positioners). MCS and MCS2 controllers are supported.

PyMoDAQ plugin for actuators from Smaract (MCS_controller, …)

Documentation: http://pymodaq.cnrs.fr/

Authors

• David Bresteau ([e-mail])

• Sebastien J. Weber ([e-mail])

Instruments

Below is the list of instruments included in this plugin

Actuators

• MCS2 positioner with sensor (S option) with MCS2 controller

• SmaractMCS SLC linear stages with sensor (S option) with MCS controller

• SmaractMCS2 SLC linear stages with sensor (S option) with MCS2 controller (Legacy, use the MCS2)

• SmaractSCU SLC linear or angular stages with or without sensors using the Instrumental-lib package and the simpler SCU controller

Installation instructions

Operating system: Windows 7 or 10 (Mac and linux for the MCS2) Python: >=3.9 PyMoDAQ: >=5.0.2

The MCS2 actuator uses python bindings of the Smaract Library as provided by Smaract. It can seamlessly be used on any platform once you’ve installed the corresponding SDK (and its *.dll or *.so library)