Thorlabs Compact Laser Diode

Controls a Thorlabs Compact Laser Diode (CLD) using pyvisa. This service requires the VXIpnp VISA Instrument Driver to be installed on the host system. The driver can be downloaded from the Thorlabs website and is also included on the CD that is shipped with the device.

Successfully tested with the following devices:

Thorlabs CLD1010LP
Thorlabs CLD1011
Thorlabs CLD1015

Configuration

thorlabs_laser_diode_1:
  service_type: thorlabs_cld101x
  simulated_service_type: thorlabs_cld101x_sim
  requires_safety: false

  visa_id: USB::0x1313::0x804F::M00441199::INSTR
  wavelength: 640

Properties

None.

Commands

None.

Datastreams

current_setpoint: The current the laser diode is set to in A.

current_percent: The current the laser diode is set to in percent of its maximum current.