Flow Controller

Flow controllers.

Warning

This Instrument category is new and is currently available only in the Unstable package.

Instrument and Abstract Driver

InstroFlowController	Flow-controller instrument.
FlowControllerDriverBase	Vendor flow-controller driver contract.

Vendor Drivers

Vendor	Model	Description
Alicat	MC-series	Alicat MC-series mass-flow controller (MC-100SCCM and related MC models).

Measurement keys

FlowControllerDriverBase defines string constants for the keys returned by get_flow_data() and used by the single-value properties:

Constant	Key	Description
SETPOINT_KEY	"setpoint"	Commanded flow setpoint
MASS_FLOW_KEY	"mass_flow"	Measured mass flow
VOLUMETRIC_FLOW_KEY	"vol_flow"	Measured volumetric flow
PRESSURE_KEY	"pressure"	Absolute pressure
TEMPERATURE_KEY	"temperature"	Gas temperature