Basic Tutorial
Learn how to create custom ScopeFoundry hardware and measurement plugins.
The goals of this tutorial are:
- To guide you in building the app shown in the picture bellow, including:
- A HardwareComponent that generates random numbers (simulating a real device) and a
- Measurement that samples numbers and saves them to .h5 together with the state of the app.
- To teach you basic concepts, including:
- Settings and how to access and update them.
- How to access functionalities defined in another plugin.
- To provide tips for creating HardwareComponents for real-world devices.
You can access the code for this tutorial here.
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Learn how to set up ScopeFoundry and create your first Microscope App.
Develop your first HardwareComponent to communicate with your hardware device.
Learn how to build a custom Measurement and how to get started analyzing the data.
More on low-level interface implementation.