Microscope Automation

Automation software for a variety of popular microscopes, such as Zeiss and 3i.

Installation

To install the ZIP Version:

1. Copy the zip from the latest release
2. For ZEN systems, run Export_ZEN_COM_Objects.bat

1. You may have to run as an administrator for it to work properly.

3. Run microscope_automation.exe from inside the unzipped folder.

You can also use PyPI as follows:

Stable Release: pip install microscope_automation

Development Head: pip install git+https://github.com/aics-int/microscope_automation.git

Complete installation instructions available here.

Development

See CONTRIBUTING for information related to developing the code.

The Four Commands You Need To Know

1. pip install -e .[dev]

   This will install your package in editable mode with all the required development dependencies (i.e. tox).

2. make build

   This will run tox which will run all your tests in both Python 3.7 and Python 3.8 as well as linting your code.

3. make clean

   This will clean up various Python and build generated files so that you can ensure that you are working in a clean environment.

4. make docs

   This will generate and launch a web browser to view the most up-to-date documentation for your Python package.

Legal Documents

• LICENSE
• CONTRIBUTING