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Rev Sci Instrum. 2016 Dec;87(12):126103. doi: 10.1063/1.4972392.

Note: Tormenta: An open source Python-powered control software for camera based optical microscopy.

The Review of scientific instruments

Federico M Barabas, Luciano A Masullo, Fernando D Stefani

Affiliations

  1. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencas (CIBION), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PMID: 28040938 DOI: 10.1063/1.4972392

Abstract

Until recently, PC control and synchronization of scientific instruments was only possible through closed-source expensive frameworks like National Instruments' LabVIEW. Nowadays, efficient cost-free alternatives are available in the context of a continuously growing community of open-source software developers. Here, we report on Tormenta, a modular open-source software for the control of camera-based optical microscopes. Tormenta is built on Python, works on multiple operating systems, and includes some key features for fluorescence nanoscopy based on single molecule localization.

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