AFMView™2 software is used with MADPLL or QS-PLL™ and Mad City Labs motion control products. Custom Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), can be built useing our controlles designed for use with resonant probes, such as tuning forks, and Mad City Labs nanopositioners and micropositioners. Hardware and the digital PLL are controlled via the AFMView™2 software supplied with the QS-PLL™ controller or MadPLL. The QS-PLL™ controller allows users to customize a resonant probe AFM instrument with the unique feature of “Lift Mode” scans in addition to the usual scanning modes. This instrument is ideal for scanning probe microscopy where tip-surface interactions are modulated by a field, such as scanning NV magnetometry.
AFMView™2 software is compatible with all Mad City Labs closed loop nanopositioners and stepper motor driven micropositioners. Up to 3 axes of piezo nanopositioning is supported and up to 4 axes of micropositioning, giving an unparalled ability to configure an instrument for your application. In addition, there is an option to add encoders to 3 axes of the micropositioning. Mad City Labs closed loop nanopositioners offer superb stability and precision via our proprietary PicoQ® sensors. Our nanopositioners have been deployed previously in resonant probe AFM instruments with atomic step resolution. As a result, many different instrument configurations can be formed to enable optical and sample access.
AFMView™2 software, which is supplied with the controller, simplifies the control of your atomic force microscope. Among the software features are automated setup, configuration control, auto-Q calculation and automatic parasitic capacitance compensation (PCC) control. These included features are designed to simplify setup and accelerate the data acquisition process. |