title: Note: Tormenta: An open source Python-powered control software for camera based optical microscopy.
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.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencas (CIBION), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Federico M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Barabas
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencas (CIBION), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Luciano A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Masullo
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencas (CIBION), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Fernando D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Stefani