spacetelescope/catkit2

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Package for controlling testbed hardware.

Stars: 9
Forks: 3
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 50
Avg merge: 12h 20m
Merged PRs (30d): 8

Dominant language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: good first issue

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50 open issues indexed

Watchdog service: support image/file uploads to Slack and a dry-run mode Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#463 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Add transform offset functionality to camera base class Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#449 · Opened Jul 20, 2026
Importlib metadata entry point syntax change with python 3.10 Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#447 · Opened Jul 16, 2026
Need to update default for exposure_time_base_step Open

bug

spacetelescope/catkit2#434 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 20, 2026
Add a Thorlabs S4FC High-Power FP Laser Service Open

enhancement hardware

spacetelescope/catkit2#430 · 2 assignees · Opened Mar 26, 2026
Message Broker unmentioned in docs? Open

documentation JOSS

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#420 · Opened Feb 19, 2026
Recursive channel finding in optical switch proxy Open

spacetelescope/catkit2#379 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 28, 2025
Write base class for NKT SuperK white light source Open

refactor

spacetelescope/catkit2#378 · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened Jul 28, 2025
Add service for Newport CONEX linear stage Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#376 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 25, 2025
CPU usage numbers are totally incorrect for MacOS. Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#356 · Opened Jun 25, 2025
Issue with python 3.7 EOL and miniforge Open

question

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#349 · 6 comments · Opened Jun 19, 2025
Boston DM Base Class Refactor Bug with PCIe device ID Open

bug

spacetelescope/catkit2#327 · 1 assignee · Opened May 20, 2025
Clarify power and current usage in light sources services Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#318 · Opened May 13, 2025
Inconsistent scaling factor in nkt_superk_sim power setting Open

bug simulator

spacetelescope/catkit2#316 · 1 assignee · Opened May 12, 2025
Fix column alignment for mtop. Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#314 · Opened May 9, 2025
Start `home()` on motor and continue without waiting for it to finish? Open

hardware

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#309 · Opened Apr 30, 2025
Add masking to DM service Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#295 · Opened Mar 11, 2025
4D crashes when num_avg images is greater than 2 Open

bug

spacetelescope/catkit2#292 · 6 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Mar 10, 2025
CI? AttributeError: Something went wrong while opening shared memory. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#273 · Opened Dec 19, 2024
exposure time control on 4D accufiz interferometer service Open

spacetelescope/catkit2#269 · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 5, 2024
Enable backward propagation through the `OpticalModel` class. Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#259 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 24, 2024
Option to change DataStream parameters during `.submit_data()`? Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#258 · 6 comments · Opened Oct 24, 2024
`DM.flatten_channels()` should apply the startup maps Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 62/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#249 · Opened Oct 1, 2024
`DM.flatten_channels()` should return separate commands Open

enhancement refactor

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#248 · Opened Oct 1, 2024
Total surface is submitted too early in simulation Open

bug simulator

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#247 · Opened Oct 1, 2024
Add documentation about running built benchmarks Open

documentation

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#246 · Opened Sep 9, 2024
Error in the analytical expression for the zwo camera detector staircase Open

bug

spacetelescope/catkit2#237 · 2 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Aug 20, 2024
Update Vimba Python package installation to VimbaX Open

infrastructure

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#229 · Opened Jul 16, 2024
Rename `thorlabs_pm` to `thorlabs_power_meter` Open

low priority refactor

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#218 · Opened Jun 8, 2024
Brightness Property in Allied Vision Camera service doesn't work Open

collaborators hardware

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 32/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#208 · 1 comment · Opened May 31, 2024
Improve timing of submitting current position to data stream in `set_current_position()` of Thorlabs cube motor Open

collaborators

spacetelescope/catkit2#206 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened May 24, 2024
Add documentation for simulator Open

documentation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#203 · Opened May 17, 2024
Add documentation for optical model Open

documentation

spacetelescope/catkit2#202 · 1 assignee · Opened May 17, 2024
Check the first frame upon an exposure time change in Hamamatsu camera Open

collaborators hardware

spacetelescope/catkit2#195 · 6 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 24, 2024
Remote access to the TestbedProxy ? Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#160 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 27, 2024
Value on datastream for datastream-backed property Open

bug

spacetelescope/catkit2#116 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 3, 2023
Potential bug when reopening datastream after it has closed already. Open

bug

spacetelescope/catkit2#113 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 30, 2023
Compiler warnings while updating catkit conda environment Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#99 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 8, 2023
Add service for PicoTech temperature logger Open

hardware

spacetelescope/catkit2#93 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 20, 2023
Link the power meter to the simulator. Open

enhancement simulator

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#77 · Opened Dec 17, 2022
Clarify in installation instructions how much shared memory is needed (MacOS) Open

documentation question

spacetelescope/catkit2#73 · 16 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 13, 2022
Implement simulated camera cropping of ROI Open

enhancement simulator

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#58 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 5, 2022
Add boolean data type in data streams Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#52 · Opened Oct 28, 2022
Filter out spurious UPS power safety due to network issues Open

enhancement good first issue

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#35 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 20, 2022
Check safety of service befores starting it inside `Testbed.start_service()` Open

enhancement

spacetelescope/catkit2#33 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 20, 2022
Protobuffer warnings and weirdness Open

low priority

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#28 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 6, 2022
Increase the amount of logging from services Open

enhancement good first issue logging

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#24 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 1, 2022
Service auto port and new service state Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#20 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 25, 2022
Log messages being sent to the wrong file Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#18 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 25, 2022
Out-of-order log messages Open

bug

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

spacetelescope/catkit2#17 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 25, 2022

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