2024/05/14 by Brad Goff, Goff, Brad M., Jay A. Gupta +1
Computer Science · #Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2406.15412
openalex publication_date 2024/05/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Laboratory measurements often use several instruments to fully explore the relevant parameter space; such as, an external lock-in amplifier, an electromagnet, an RF generator, etc.. Ordinarily, these instruments have to be individually controlled and their parameters have to be manually recorded. MacroQueue enables effortless measurements throughout these high-dimensional parameter space systems. MacroQueue is a modular software designed for controlling and automating various laboratory equipment in sync without requiring coding ability. Currently, it includes functions to control the 3 major commercial scanning tunneling microscopes, CreaTec, RHK, and Scienta Omicron in combination with any other instruments that are a part of the systems. It can be extended to control any instrument that can be controlled via Python.