Technical Report 98-001: EM Control Library API

The World Wide Laboratory EM Control Library Application Programming Interface Specification v0.5

Nick Kisseberth

Sr. Research Programmer

This technical report provides overview of the WWL EM Control Library with complete manual pages for each of the functions provide in the library. A brief discussion of the design and construction of the EM Control Library is also included.

Contents
WWL: EM Control Library	2
The World Wide Laboratory	3
General Library Information	4
EM Control Function Summary	5
EM Camera Control Function Summary	6
Virtual Camera Description	7
Calibration	8
Future Directions	9
The EMC Library API Draft Specification v0.5	10
emcCameraAcquireImage	11
emcCameraClose	12
emcCameraDeleteImage	13
emcCameraGetArea	14
emcCameraGetBinSize	15
emcCameraGetDimensions	16
emcCameraGetExposure	17
emcCameraGetMode	18
emcCameraOpen	19
emcCameraReacquireImage	20
emcCameraSetBinnedArea	21
emcCameraSetBinnedCenterArea	22
emcCameraSetBinsize	23
emcCameraSetDefault	24
emcCameraSetExposure	25
emcCameraSetMode	26
emcClose	27
emcGetAstigmator	28
emcGetBeamBlank	29
emcGetBeamShift	30
emcGetBeamTilt	31
emcGetDarkField	32
emcGetFocus	33
emcGetGoniometerPosition	34
emcGetGridAlignments	35
emcGetHighTension	36
emcGetImageShift	37
emcGetIntensity	38
emcGetMagnification	39
emcGetSpecimenLoadState	40
emcNormalizeLenses	41
emcOpen	42
emcSetAstigmator	43
emcSetBeamBlank	44
emcSetBeamShift	45
emcSetBeamTilt	46
emcSetDarkField	47
emcSetFocus	48
emcSetGoniometerPosition	49
emcSetGridAlignments	50
emcSetHighTension	51
emcSetIntensity	52
emcSetImageShift	53
emcSetMagnification	54

Imaging Technology Group
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
405 N. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801
nkissebe@uiuc.edu
wwl@itg.uiuc.edu
(217) 244-6928

Date Issued: March 1998

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