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Welcome to the CGSE framework documentation.

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What is the CGSE?¶

The CGSE is short for Common-EGSE, a framework for managing and running test equipment in a lab. The EGSE stands for Electrical Ground Support Equipment, and this includes all equipment that is used to test or calibration an instrument.

computers: a server running the CGSE and archiving test data and a client to control the test equipment
temperature controllers: control heaters and monitor temperature sensors
mechanisms: control mechanisms like hexapods or linear stages
optics: control optical equipment like lasers and attenuators
any other device that can be connected through an Ethernet or USB connection and with a open API.