pylabrobot.plate_reading.chatterbox.PlateReaderChatterboxBackend#

class pylabrobot.plate_reading.chatterbox.PlateReaderChatterboxBackend#

Bases: PlateReaderBackend

An abstract class for a plate reader. Plate readers are devices that can read luminescence, absorbance, or fluorescence from a plate.

Methods

__init__()

close()

Close the plate reader.

deserialize(data)

open()

Open the plate reader.

read_absorbance(wavelength)

Read the absorbance from the plate reader.

read_fluorescence(excitation_wavelength, ...)

Read the fluorescence from the plate reader.

read_luminescence(focal_height)

Read the luminescence from the plate reader.

serialize()

setup()

Set up the plate reader.

stop()

Close all connections to the plate reader and make sure setup() can be called again.