Driver for Thorlabs BBD302/PRM1Z8/K10CR​1 motorized stages

Matlab class to control Thorlabs motorized translation/rotation stages such as MLS203/BBD30X/PRM1Z8/K10CR1

This is a Matlab driver to control Thorlabs motorized rotation stages PRM1Z8/K10CR1 and a translation stage MLS302 with a BBD302 controller.

It is a class wrapper which calls the Kinesis .NET DLL library provided free from the Thorlabs.

Based on a code of Julan A.J. Fells - "Driver for Thorlabs motorized stages", which is acknowledged.

Check the GitHub page for possible updates.

Example of usage for Thorlabs K10CR1 rotational stage:

    mlist=motor.listdevices % List connected devices
    mot=motor               % Create a motor object  
    mot.connect(mlist{1})   % Connect the first devce in the list of devices
    mot.home()              % Home the device
    mot.moveto(45)          % Move the device to the 45 degree setting
    mot.moverel_deviceunit(-100000) % Move 100000 'clicks' backwards
    mot.disconnect          % Disconnect device
    clear mot               % Clear device object from memory

Example of usage for Thorlabs MLS203 translational stage with BBD302 controller:

    motXY = motor;          % create a motor object
    motXY.connect('103205624') % connect to a controller with a serial number 103205624
    motXY.enable            % enable all channels
    motXY.ishomed           % check if channels are homed
    motXY.home              % perform homing for all channels
    motXY.position          % get the current position for all channels
    motXY.moveto([15,25])   % move to position 15 mm on Ch1 and 25 mm on Ch2
    motXY.maxvelocity = [10,50];   % set maxvelocity for movement to 10 mm/s for Ch1 and 50 mm/s for Ch2
    motXY.acceleration = [500,500];% set acceleration to 500 mm/s2 for both channels
    motXY.moveto([55,37.5]) % move to position [55 mm, 37.5], which is the center
    motXY.disconnect        % disconnect the device
    clear motXY             % Clear device object from memory