RPi-DeviceAdapters
RPi-DeviceAdapters is a tool for controlling microscope hardware with the Raspberry Pi. It provides a common software interface to different types of peripherals through Micro-Manager, an open source software package widely used in microscopy.
RPi-DeviceAdapters contains the following tools:
- DeviceAdapters Ready-made Micro-Manager device adapters for various hardware peripherals
- build A Docker image for cross-compiling Micro-Manager for the Raspberry Pi's ARM processors on a x86 laptop or workstation
- app A Docker image for running the Micro-Manager Python wrapper on the Raspberry Pi and that can be easily downloaded onto any Pi that has Docker installed on it
In addition, compiled device adapter libraries may be found in the releases page.
Quickstart
On a Raspberry Pi that has Docker already
installed , create a file named script.py that contains the
following lines:
import MMCorePy
mmc = MMCorePy.CMMCore()
print(mmc.getVersionInfo())
Run the following commands from a terminal window from the same Pi:
$ pip3 install tacpho.adapters
$ mm.py pull
$ mm.py run script.py
mm.py pull may take several minutes to download the
application on the first use.
Getting help
Comments, questions, and feedback may be sent to kyle.m.douglass AT gmail.com.
Related pages
- rpi-micromanager The project's Docker images
- Micro-Manager Open source microscopy software
