pr0ncnc Copyright 2011-2019 John McMaster JohnDMcMaster@gmail.com
This is a framework and python gstreamer GUI to coordinate linear stages and sensors for panoramic scans Its primarily for large XY scans of microscope samples
Why did you make this project? Originally, I needed to do some custom stuff and had a burning hated for Java (used by MicroManager) I've warmed up to Java slightly, and its possible MicroManager is a better fit for most people However, I've been using this workflow for years now, and will probably continue to do so
See some high level usage notes here: https://microwiki.org/wiki/index.php/McScope
sudo apt-get install -y python3-gst-1.0 python3-gi python3-pyqt5
# install for v4l2
# https://github.com/antmicro/python3-v4l2
Notable applications:
- main_gui/main.py: primary GUI
- touptek/tvl.py: for testing touptek plugin
- demo/*.py: small tech demos
Supported gstreamer image sources:
- toupcamsrc (primary)
- v4l2src
- Other sources may work but without calibration
Supported movement sources:
- linuxcnc
- Others, but they aren't well maintained
Quick start V4L2
First you might be able to try this GUI which will try to auto-detect v4l2:
python3 util/prop_gui.py
If that doesn't work or you want the full GUI, try this:
cp -r configs/v4l2_example/ config
Edit config/microscope.json and set desired width/height. You may need to use a program like "cheese" to see what the options are
python3 main_gui/main.py
Version history
0.0.0
- Works with custom motor driver board ("pr0ndexer")
- Job setup is done through our GUI
- In practice only works with MU800 camera
- Tested Ubuntu 16.04
1.0.0
- Motor contril via LinuxCNC
- Job setup is primarily done through Axis (LinuxCNC GUI)
- Tested Ubuntu 16.04
2.0.0
- gst-toupcamsrc supported
- GUI simplified
- Job setup is entirely done through Axis (LinuxCNC GUI)
- Major configuration file format changes
- python2 => python3
- gstreamer-0.10 => gstreamer-1.0
- PyQt4 => PyQT5
- Tested Ubuntu 16.04 and 20.04
2.1.0
- HDR support
- First packaged release
