Simplifying the OpenFlexure microscope software with the web of things

We present the OpenFlexure Microscope software stack which provides computer control of our open source motorised microscope. Our diverse community of users needs both graphical and script-based interfaces. We split the control code into client and server applications interfaced via a web API confor...

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Autores principales:	Joel T. Collins, Joe Knapper, Samuel J. McDermott, Filip Ayazi, Kaspar E. Bumke, Julian Stirling, Richard W. Bowman
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Publicado:	The Royal Society 2021
Materias:	web technologies hardware/software interfaces system architectures integration and modelling Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:dfacc8c4dfa147d3b8d27bf5420c98b42021-11-17T08:05:51ZSimplifying the OpenFlexure microscope software with the web of things10.1098/rsos.2111582054-5703https://doaj.org/article/dfacc8c4dfa147d3b8d27bf5420c98b42021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.211158https://doaj.org/toc/2054-5703We present the OpenFlexure Microscope software stack which provides computer control of our open source motorised microscope. Our diverse community of users needs both graphical and script-based interfaces. We split the control code into client and server applications interfaced via a web API conforming to the W3C Web of Things standard. A graphical interface is viewed either in a web browser or in our cross-platform Electron application, and gives basic interactive control including common operations such as Z stack acquisition and tiled scanning. Automated control is possible from Python and Matlab, or any language that supports HTTP requests. Network control makes the software stack more robust, allows multiple microscopes to be controlled by one computer, and facilitates sharing of equipment. Graphical and script-based clients can run simultaneously, making it easier to monitor ongoing experiments. We have included an extension mechanism to add functionality, for example controlling additional hardware components or adding automation routines. Using a Web of Things approach has resulted in a user-friendly and extremely versatile software control solution for the OpenFlexure Microscope, and we believe this approach could be generalized in the future to make automated experiments involving several instruments much easier to implement.Joel T. CollinsJoe KnapperSamuel J. McDermottFilip AyaziKaspar E. BumkeJulian StirlingRichard W. BowmanThe Royal Societyarticleweb technologieshardware/software interfacessystem architecturesintegration and modellingScienceQENRoyal Society Open Science, Vol 8, Iss 11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	web technologies hardware/software interfaces system architectures integration and modelling Science Q Joel T. Collins Joe Knapper Samuel J. McDermott Filip Ayazi Kaspar E. Bumke Julian Stirling Richard W. Bowman Simplifying the OpenFlexure microscope software with the web of things
description	We present the OpenFlexure Microscope software stack which provides computer control of our open source motorised microscope. Our diverse community of users needs both graphical and script-based interfaces. We split the control code into client and server applications interfaced via a web API conforming to the W3C Web of Things standard. A graphical interface is viewed either in a web browser or in our cross-platform Electron application, and gives basic interactive control including common operations such as Z stack acquisition and tiled scanning. Automated control is possible from Python and Matlab, or any language that supports HTTP requests. Network control makes the software stack more robust, allows multiple microscopes to be controlled by one computer, and facilitates sharing of equipment. Graphical and script-based clients can run simultaneously, making it easier to monitor ongoing experiments. We have included an extension mechanism to add functionality, for example controlling additional hardware components or adding automation routines. Using a Web of Things approach has resulted in a user-friendly and extremely versatile software control solution for the OpenFlexure Microscope, and we believe this approach could be generalized in the future to make automated experiments involving several instruments much easier to implement.
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author	Joel T. Collins Joe Knapper Samuel J. McDermott Filip Ayazi Kaspar E. Bumke Julian Stirling Richard W. Bowman
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title	Simplifying the OpenFlexure microscope software with the web of things
title_short	Simplifying the OpenFlexure microscope software with the web of things
title_full	Simplifying the OpenFlexure microscope software with the web of things
title_fullStr	Simplifying the OpenFlexure microscope software with the web of things
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title_sort	simplifying the openflexure microscope software with the web of things
publisher	The Royal Society
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Simplifying the OpenFlexure microscope software with the web of things

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