We present the labscript suite, an open-source experiment control system for automating shot-based experiments and their analysis. Experiments are composed as Python code, which is used to produce low-level hardware instructions. They are queued up and executed on the hardware in real time, synchronized by a pseudoclock. Experiment parameters are manipulated graphically, and analysis routines are run as new data is acquired. With this system, we can easily automate exploration of parameter spaces, including closed-loop optimization.
@article{arxiv.1303.0080,
title = {A scripted control system for autonomous hardware timed experiments},
author = {P. T. Starkey and C. J. Billington and S. P. Johnstone and M. Jasperse and K. Helmerson and L. D. Turner and R. P. Anderson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.0080},
year = {2013}
}
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