itom – An Open Source Measurement, Automation and Evaluation Software Suite

Introduction

Both the development of new optical sensors including overall measurement systems and the operation of such systems require a fast and flexible underlying software. This software has to be able to control and communicate with a wide range of different hardware systems, such as cameras or actuators, while providing as diversified and complete as possible a set of evaluation and data processing methods. Additionally, the rapid prototyping of such systems requires a software, where parameters or components can easily be changed at runtime while retaining the above focus on fast hardware access and high computational performance.