Release Notes

v0.4.2

Changelog

• Update database for newer Alazar cards

• Add support for tolerating unknown Alazar cards

• Add Python setup.py script for building vortex, including all dependencies with vcpkg

• Fix missing constructor for Source

• Include imaging depth in Source

• Build for Python 3.10

• Improvements and bugfixes for demos

Migration Guide

Building

vortex now includes its own vcpkg overlay for its dependencies in /.vcpkg. If you previously used this path for vcpkg (as suggested by earlier build guides), you will need to relocate it.

v0.4.1

Changelog

• Add support for Alazar FFT acquisition with AlazarFFTAcquisition and CopyProcessor. See the Live Alazar FFT Acquisition demo for an example.

• Move latency handling from formatter to engine.

• Add missing to_segments() method for high-level scan classes.

• Add Python stubs for autocompletion and type checking.

• Add CMake presets.

• Add PositionFormatExecutor.

• Fix issues with FileAcquisition.

• Add sample to marker-associated callbacks.

• Assorted bug fixes and improvements.

Migration Guide

Name Changes

• Stack has replaced Cube in class names. For example, CubeTensorEndpointX is now StackTensorEndpointX. Similarly, CubeFormatExecutor is now StackFormatExecutor.

IO Leading

IO delays (e.g., for galvo response) are no longer handled in post-processing via the formatter. Instead, the engine now generates leading IO signals that cancel out the IO delay. The delay in samples is passed via .add_io() in the engine config. Multiple IO delays are possible. Change fc.stream_delay_samples = round(cfg.galvo_delay * ioc_out.samples_per_second) to ec.add_io(io_out, lead_samples=round(cfg.galvo_delay * ioc_out.samples_per_second)).