Work in Progress: the structure of squid “bones”
Besides the ongoing instrument migration efforts, we are also continuing work on “real” science. One of these involves the backbone of squid (called a squid […]
Steps for “liberating” the MOUSE from its original control system.
Regular readers will know we are in the process of migrating away from the last vestiges of the original SPEC-based control system on our (already […]
A Winter School, Italian style…
Two weeks ago, I was at a winter school on “Metrology and Nanomaterials for Clean Energy”, to present on the 1200 traceable MOF syntheses as […]
Designing and building a pluripotent temperature (PID) controller
When it became time to build a new temperature controller, I wanted to build an ultimate design that could be used for (almost) everything. This […]
MOUSE operational statistics 2018 – 2023
Are you curious how much you can gain by automating of your methods and instrumentation? The operational stats for the MOUSE including 2023 are now […]
Happy new year! And plans for 2024..
We’re already 2% into 2024, but there might still be time to wish you a happy new year, and hint towards the plan for 2024. […]
The MOUSE is back in (“friendly user”-)operation, but plenty of work lies ahead.
After about 1.5 months of struggles with the collapse of the veritable domino-stack of hardware that comprises the MOUSE, the system is now functional to […]
Adding a motor controller to the MOUSE step 2 – towards replacing SPEC.
Last time, I showed the rapid development of the replacement motor controller hardware, and pointed at the development of the driver software (an EPICS IOC […]
Motor controller madness – a tale as old as time
A few weeks ago, at about the same time we were swapping around motor stages for grazing incidence experiments, my trusty self-built motor controller version […]
Avoid these issues when designing synchrotron experiments…
This year, I’ve become part of a peer review panel. These are panels that wade through a long list of proposals for beamlines, and rank […]