Software for Product Integration

Our software portfolio provides easy-to-use tools to gain the full advantage of our hardware into your commercial solution. The software development kits are available for different environments for fast control of our products on your system. The optimized additional components for CUDA enabled processing, super-resolution microscopy and 3D/4D microscopy will help you to improve and enhance the processing pipeline and speed up your development.

Software Development Kit – provides access to the Andor camera and spectrograph range.
GPU Express – facilitates accelerated GPU processing during the acquisition pipeline.
SRRF Stream+ – real time super resolution microscopy functionality designed to enhance imaging performance.
Imaris Modules – 3D/4D visualization and the analysis of microscopy images.

Software Development Kit

The Andor Software Development Kit (SDK) gives the programmer access to the Andor camera and spectrograph range, allowing the data acquisition process to be configured to meet your requirements. For our OEM partners, the SDK will be offered for all our products without additional costs.

Depending on the product you are using, you need to select between SDK3 and SDK2, each supporting different technologies –and both offering the same, intuitive, straightforward, and user-friendly approach. The key part of the SDK is the Dynamic Link Library (DLL) which can be used with a wide variety of programming environments, including, C, C++, C#, Python, Matlab, and LabVIEW. The library is available both in 32-bit and 64-versions for Windows 10 and 11, and Linux.

In addition to the SDK, we can also offer you a licence of our basic data acquisition software SOLIS for your development. SOLIS supports all our product and full set of functionalities available through SDKs, so you have a tool to test, validate, and debug your software implementation.

Andor SDK3
Andor SDK2

Andor SDK3

Andor SDK Version 3, herein referred to as SDK3, has been designed from the ground up to simplify integration of the Andor sCMOS camera range into your application. This SDK supports Andor current Zyla, ZL41, Sona, Marana, and iStar sCMOS products.

With SDK3 you can access the optimised functionalities of these sCMOS cameras from spectroscopy modes to advanced triggering. There are also functions to save the images with the full data rate offered with these high speed cameras.

User Manual

Andor SDK2

The Andor SDK version 2, SDK2 gives the programmer access to the full range of Andor CCD and Intensified CCD cameras. The SDK provides functions to control the CCD dedicated sensor read-out parameters, sensor temperature, and shutter operations.

The SDK2 offers also the access for all the functionalities for our full range of spectrometers. It gives you a possibility to control for example shutter, focusing, and grating selection with your bespoke software.

User Manual

GPU Express

The Andor GPU Express library has been created to simplify and optimize data transfers from camera to a CUDA enabled Nvidia Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) card to facilitate accelerated GPU processing during the acquisition pipeline. The initial release is designed to co-operate with Andor’s Software Development Kit Version 3 (SDK3) library for utilization with Andor’s sCMOS camera range. The GPU Express library can also be utilized with Andor SDK2 based cameras, however, the example suite provided is set up for use with SDK3. (Linux is not currently supported).

SRRF Stream+

SRRF-Stream+ is a is a real time super resolution microscopy functionality designed to enhance the imaging performance of your standard cameras or microscopes. Instantly upgrade your imaging and break the diffraction limit using standard labeling techniques without the need of complex sample preparations. Based on the “SRRF” technique (Super Resolution Radial Fluctuations), SRRF-Stream+ offers an easy and flexible software approach to super resolution.

SRRF-Stream+ operates exclusively on Andor’s iXon EMCCD and Sona and Zyla/ZL41 sCMOS cameras.

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Imaris

Imaris software is perfect for 3D/4D visualization and the analysis of microscopy images. Tailored Imaris OEM solutions provide a fast and effective way to work with terabyte sized microscopy images.

Whether you are building a brand-new microscopy system or incorporating new functionality into your existing light-sheet or confocal microscope, our experienced staff will help you add value to your project. If what you need is a fast 3D/4D visualization of terabyte sized microscopy images, accurate stitching of big microscopy tiles, GPU accelerated deconvolution or efficient file format for handling large images – we provide the solution.

We can provide individual modules tailored to your existing acquisition or image analysis software. The modules currently available are

ImarisWriter library – a high-performance file writer for microscopy images (Open source).
Imaris Stitcher – fast alignment and stitching of big 3D microscopy tiles.
Imaris ClearView – Deconvolution to reduce noise, enhance contrast and sharpen the microscopy images.

For further information, please visit our Imaris software OEM page

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