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Cockpit is a microscope graphical user interface. It is a flexible and easy to extend platform aimed at life scientists using bespoke microscopes. More detailed information is available:
in the Online documentation <https://microscope-cockpit.org/>__
on the Micron Oxford website <https://micronoxford.com/python-microscope-cockpit>__
in the recently published paper <https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-76>__
Easy to use and extend by life scientists: Cockpit is completely written in Python and meant to be extended by the user.
Independent of the actual devices being used: Cockpit uses
Python's Microscope package <https://www.python-microscope.org>__
to control the devices. The graphical interface and experiments
automatically adjust to the existing devices.
Very fast device control and time precision: During experiments, devices are controlled via hardware signals.
Cross Platform: Cockpit runs on GNU/Linux, Mac, and Windows.
FOSS: Cockpit is free and open source software, released under the GPL.
The user interface is made up of a number of windows with the main ones shown below.
.. image:: doc/cockpit-windows.png :align: center :alt: Cockpit main windows
If you find this project useful, please cite:
Phillips MA, Susano Pinto DM, Hall N *et al*. Microscope-Cockpit:
Python-based bespoke microscopy for bio-medical science. Wellcome
Open Res 2021, **6**:76
(`https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16610.1
<https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16610.1>`__)