EPICS and its role in data acquisition and beamline control

Abstract

Abstract. Beamline-control and data-acquisition software based on EPICS (a tool kit for building distributed control systems) has been running on many Advanced Photon Source bearnlines for several years. EPICS itself, the collaborative software-development effort surrounding it, and EPICS-based bearnline software have been described previously in general terms. This talk will review and update that material, focusing on the role EPICS core software plays in bearnline applications and on the effects of a few defining characteristics of EPICS on the beamline software we have developed with it.

X-ray fluorescence microscopy scanning of Drosophila oocytes and eggs

“…The first order is selected by using a 30 μm order-sorting aperture 10 mm upstream of the sample. Scan the sample through the X-ray beam, with a 15° tilt toward the detector, using translation stages with Epics controls ( Mooney et al., 2000 ). X-ray fluorescence spectra are collected by Vortex ME 4 (Hitachi) with an xMap DXP (XIA) readout system ( Thompson and Vaughan, 2001 ).…”