Microprobe alignment assistance program

Sammanfattning

The initial goal of the project as given to us was a fully automatic control system for the beam align-ment of an ion microprobe in order to improve efficiency building on previous automation efforts.We have worked in python to develop code for reading two 4-channel picoammeters connected toadjustable rods along the beam line and translating those electrical readings into a calculated beamposition with no visual input. We then use this to recommend current adjustments to the steeringdipole electromagnets. Development was started on a standalone GUI to ease this process for newbeam compositions but was not feature complete in time.