title: A scripted control system for autonomous hardware-timed experiments.
abstract: We present the labscript suite, an open-source experiment control system for automating shot-based experiments and their analysis. Experiments are composed as Python code, which is used to produce low-level hardware instructions. They are queued up and executed on the hardware in real time, synchronized by a pseudoclock. Experiment parameters are manipulated graphically, and analysis routines are run as new data are acquired. With this system, we can easily automate exploration of parameter spaces, including closed-loop optimization.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Starkey
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Billington
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Johnstone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jasperse
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Helmerson
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Anderson