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navigate.model.devices.daq.base.DAQBase

class navigate.model.devices.daq.base.DAQBase(configuration: Dict[str, Any])

Bases: object

DAQBase - Parent class for Data Acquisition (DAQ) classes.

__init__(configuration: Dict[str, Any]) → None

Initializes the DAQBase class.

Parameters:

configuration (Dict[str, Any]) – Dictionary of configuration parameters

Methods

__init__(configuration)

Initializes the DAQBase class.

calculate_all_waveforms(microscope_name, ...)

Pre-calculates all waveforms necessary for the acquisition and organizes in a dictionary format.

enable_microscope(microscope_name)

Enables the microscope.

Attributes

configuration

Dictionary of configuration parameters

waveform_constants

Dictionary of waveform constants

microscope_name

Name of the active microscope

daq_parameters

Dictionary of DAQ parameters

sample_rate

Sample rate of the DAQ

sweep_times

Sweep times for different channels

exposure_times

exposure times for different channels

camera_delay

Camera delay percentage

waveform_dict

Dictionary of waveforms.

waveform_repeat_num

Number of times to repeat the waveform

waveform_expand_num

Number of times to expand the waveform

calculate_all_waveforms(microscope_name, exposure_times, sweep_times)

Pre-calculates all waveforms necessary for the acquisition and organizes in a dictionary format.

Parameters:
  • microscope_name (str) – Name of the active microscope

  • exposure_times (dict) – Dictionary of exposure times for each selected channel

  • sweep_times (dict) – Dictionary of sweep times for each selected channel

Returns:

self.waveform_dict – Dictionary of waveforms to pass to galvo and ETL, plus a camera waveform for display purposes.

Return type:

dict

enable_microscope(microscope_name: str) → None

Enables the microscope.

Parameters:

microscope_name (str) – Name of the active microscope

camera_delay

Camera delay percentage

Type:

float

configuration

Dictionary of configuration parameters

Type:

dict

daq_parameters

Dictionary of DAQ parameters

Type:

dict

exposure_times

exposure times for different channels

Type:

dict

microscope_name

Name of the active microscope

Type:

str

sample_rate

Sample rate of the DAQ

Type:

float

sweep_times

Sweep times for different channels

Type:

dict

waveform_constants

Dictionary of waveform constants

Type:

dict

waveform_dict

Dictionary of waveforms.

Type:

dict

waveform_expand_num

Number of times to expand the waveform

Type:

int

waveform_repeat_num

Number of times to repeat the waveform

Type:

int

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