https://github.com/niaggar/polarimeter-controller

This project contains the code to control a polarimeter system, integrating a rotor (Arduino), an oscilloscope, and a Moku. The system is designed for photon detection experiments by rotating a polarizing filter and capturing light intensity data in real time.
https://github.com/niaggar/polarimeter-controller

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This project contains the code to control a polarimeter system, integrating a rotor (Arduino), an oscilloscope, and a Moku. The system is designed for photon detection experiments by rotating a polarizing filter and capturing light intensity data in real time.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/niaggar/polarimeter-controller
• Owner: niaggar
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-10-17T02:09:08.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-17T02:37:26.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-19T04:28:25.137Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: arduino, optics, physics
• Language: Jupyter Notebook
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• Size: 491 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Polarimeter

This repository contains the code to control a **polarimeter system**, which consists of a rotor, an oscilloscope, and a Moku. The system is designed to measure the intensity of light and record photon detection events in a weak light beam.

## System Description

- **Rotor (Arduino):** Controls the rotation of a polarizing filter.

- **Oscilloscope:** Captures data on light intensity.

- **Moku:** Generates the trigger signal to synchronize the system.

The system is implemented in an experimental setup aimed at measuring the number of photon detection events.

![System Setup](./images/montaje.png)

## Components

- **`rotorMountController`:** Controller for the rotor mount. It establishes a connection with the Arduino to send instructions and control rotor movement.

- **`oscilloscopeController`:** Controller for the oscilloscope. Manages the connection to the device and extracts the captured data.

- **`mokuController`:** Controller for the Moku. Responsible for configuring and controlling the trigger signal.

## Dependencies

Project dependencies can be installed by running the following command:

```bash

pip install -r requirements.txt

```

## Usage

It is posible to run the ```main.py``` file to excute the system. Or the ```real_time.py``` file to customize configurations for real-time execution.