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Control-lab-ly

Lab Equipment Automation Package

Description

User-friendly package that simplifies the definition and control of reconfigurable setups for high-throughput experimentation and machine learning.

Installation

Control-lab-ly can be found on PyPI and can be easily installed with pip install. 

$ python -m pip install control-lab-ly[all]

Quickstart

Import the desired class from the library and initialize to use. 

from controllably.Move.Cartesian import Gantry
mover = Gantry(...)
mover.connect()
mover.safeMoveTo((x,y,z))

Explore the details for each object using the help() function, or the ? operator within the IPython / Jupyter Notebook environment. 

help(Gantry)

Device support

  • Make
    • (QInstruments) BioShake Orbital Shaker
    • (Arduino-based devices)
      • Multi-channel LED array
      • Multi-channel spin-coater
      • Peltier device
  • Measure
    • (BioLogic) via easy-biologic (optional)
    • (Keithley) via PyMeasure (optional)
    • (Sentron) SI series pH meters
    • (Arduino-based device)
      • Precision mass balance
      • Load cell
  • Move
    • (Creality) Ender-3
    • (Dobot) with external/../dobot_api
      • M1 Pro
      • MG400
    • (Arduino-based device) gantry robot running on GRBL
  • Transfer
    • (Sartorius) rLINE® dispensing modules
    • (TriContinent) C Series syringe pumps
  • View
    • (FLIR) AX8 thermal imaging camera via pyModbusTCP (optional)
    • (General) Web cameras with cv2