AFL-automation: Instrument Control Framework

AFL-automation is a framework for instrument control and laboratory automation. It powers the NIST AFL (Autonomous Formulation Laboratory), but is designed to be versatile for many scientific instrumentation needs. It enables the easy conversion of Python classes - drivers - into robust HTTP microservices with authentication, task queueing, UI generation, data management, and more.

Documentation Structure

This documentation is organized according to the philosphy described by Daniele Procida at diataxis.fr. It is organized into four sections:

• Tutorials: Step-by-step guides for beginners

• How-to: Guides for specific tasks

• Explanations: Discussions of underlying principles and concepts

• Reference: Detailed technical reference

Table of Contents

• Setup
  • Basic Installation
  • Installation with Hardware Support
  • Development Installation
• Tutorials
  • Setup
  • Quick Start Guide
• How-to Guides
  • Managing Dependencies
  • Running the Test Suite
• Explanations
  • AFL-automation Architecture
  • AFL-automation Data System
  • Driver.config
  • AFL-automation Autogenerated User Interfaces
  • AFL-automation UUIDs
• Reference
  • API Reference
  • Modules
• Modules
  • API Server
  • Instrument
  • Loading
  • Prepare
  • Sample
  • Shared