lsm-control

Control software for a Zeiss LSM 21 / 31

Hardware Notes

• Zeiss LSM
• USB GPIB Adapter
  • https://github.com/xyphro/UsbGpib
• Raspberry Pi

Setup Notes

Install python modules:

sudo apt install libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev

pip install pyvisa pyvisa-py pyusb pillow

Possibly also psutil zeroconf to avoid warnings when listing ressources.

Set up udev rules:

sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-usbtmc.rules

Add (maybe check vendor and product ID):

SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="03eb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2065", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usbmisc", KERNEL=="usbtmc0", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"

Then run:

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger

Replug LSM USB