HoloController update

Now that things are fully functional and my lab has seen the first exposure of the year my work on the software will slow down to a more measured pace.

At the moment, the controller software features a hardware abstraction layer that separates the main program from knowledge of the underlying controller hardware as well as abstractions for shutters, light sensors, switches and lasers. Long term the program will be modified to include (at least):

• Platform independence. Most of the code already qualifies but I'll be moving the UI over to use wxWidgets.
• GUI for editing devices and maintaining the device list.
• More general interface for scheduling all the details of an exposure.
• Client/Server code for remote monitoring and control of the table.
• Maybe some form of scripting language support. (ruby, tcl, python anyone?)
• Stepper motor support.
• LCD drivers for stereogram creation.