Define base classed which device classes must inherit

[ieivanov]

In order to reach the goal of unified interface for a number of devices, I think coPylot would need to define a set of base classes (e.g. camera, stage, etc.) with core methods and properties which specific device classes (e.g. Orca, ASI_state) would have to inherit and implement, in a similar way as done in MicroManager (MMDevice.cpp and MMDevice.h).

A good starting set of device would be

• camera
• stage (can support single (e.g. Z) or number of axes (e.g. XY))
• shutter - provides open and close methods
• state_device - device which can go between multiple states, e.g. a filter wheel or a light source with multiple wavelengths
• io_device - e.g. NI DAC or Arduino
• hub - e.g. ASI Tiger controller, which manages multiple devices
• galvo - not sure if this will be very different from stage

[AhmetCanSolak]

Hi @ieivanov , we want to implement such classes as abstract base classes. We need to get one example from each device type and I think we will populate all these quite soon. Let's discuss on specifics in next meeting.

[ieivanov]

The shutter device should probably be named light_source and further provide intensity property. In that case, mechanical shutters will be constrained to 100% intensity

[ieivanov]

The stage base class should allow the user to build a multidimensional (e.g. XY) stage out of linear stages