Table of Contents

• Project Goals
  • Main Goals
    • conserve SRAM
    • short commands
    • additional rules for the interface
  • Basic Operations
  • Signal Averaging
    • How well does Signal Averaging work?
  • Startup
  • Configuration Check
  • epicsduino
• USB command interface
  • ?#ai
  • ?ai
  • !ai:watch
  • ?ai:mean
  • ?#bi
  • ?bi
  • !bo
  • !pwm
  • !pin
  • !t
  • ?t
  • ?t:min
  • ?t:max
  • !k
  • ?k
  • ?k:min
  • ?k:max
  • ?rate
  • ?v
  • ?id
  • Example Commands
  • Communications Parameters
  • file: cmd_reponse.ino
• Error messages
• Example: Getting started
  • Is our sketch running?
  • What is our sketch ID?
  • What is our software version?
  • Light the on-board LED
  • Read analog input channels: 0 and 1
  • Test the voltage of a AA battery
  • Measuring a time-averaged signal
  • Measured scan rates
• Electronic Circuit: photocell and LED
  • photocell
  • LED
  • Complete circuit
  • Reduce background light
  • Fritzing layout
• Example: Python program sequence.py
  • Program Source Code
  • Program Output
• Installing EPICS
  • Installing EPICS on RaspberryPi
    • Overview
    • Prepare the RaspberryPi (RPi)
      • touchscreen rotation
    • Install packages to build & manage EPICS
      • additional libraries for EPICS synApps
      • additional libraries for EPICS area detector
      • Add logmake to .bash_aliases
      • Install Microsoft Visual Studio Code editor
        • one-step installer
        • two-step installer
        • Run code
    • Preparing for EPICS
    • Install EPICS base
    • Install synApps
    • Install PyEpics
      • Test PyEpics - the EPICS interface
        • create EPICS database
        • start EPICS IOC
        • monitor EPICS PVs
        • PyEpics program to write the PVs
    • Delimiters: Parentheses, Braces, and Back-Quotes
    • References
      • Software
      • Hardware
      • Facilities
• Stream protocol
  • protocols
  • ai(pin)
  • ai_mean(pin)
  • bi(pin)
  • bo(pin)
  • pwm(pin)
  • period
  • rate
  • file: cmd_reponse.proto
• EPICS database
  • record instances
  • file: cmd_reponse.db
  • temperature sensor
• EPICS IOC startup commands
  • file: cmd_reponse.cmd
• CSS BOY screen
• Example: Feedback using the epid record
  • Basic PID Theory
  • Outline
  • Definition of Terms
  • Configuration of epid
  • Adjusting \(K_p\), \(K_i\), and \(K_d\)
  • Measure the System Response
  • References
• Example: Constant Lighting with EPICS
• Installation, Downloads, Licensing
  • Installation
  • Downloads
  • LICENSE

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page

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documentation built: Apr 26, 2020