A GUI to control the Oxford instruments Mercury iTC


Keywords
mercurygui, gui, mercuryitc, python
License
MIT
Install
pip install mercurygui==3.0.3

Documentation

PyPi Release

mercurygui

mercurygui provides a higher-level worker thread which regularly queries the MercuryiTC for its sensor readings and provides a live stream of this data to other parts of the software. This prevents individual functions from querying the MercuryiTC directly and causing unnecessary overhead.

The user interface for the cryostat plots historic temperature readings going back up to 24 h and provides access to relevant temperature control settings such as gas flow, heater power, and ramp speed while lower-level configurations such as calibration tables must be changed programmatically.

Screenshot of the user interface

Installation

Install the stable version from PyPi by running:

$ pip install mercurygui

or the latest version from github:

$ pip install git+https://github.com/OE-FET/mercurygui

System requirements

  • Linux or macOS
  • Python 2.7 or 3.x

Acknowledgements

Config modules are based on the implementation from Spyder.