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                The open platform for connected laboratory instruments
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    <h1>For Lab Developers</h1>
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            <h2>IP for the Lab</h2>
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                    <b>HTTP and WebSocket</b> APIs enable lab control with ubiquitous protocols. With billions of users, the technology is trusted.
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                    Device discovery leverages <b>mDNS</b>, the same standard protocol used by millions of connected devices.
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            <pre><code class="shell">{% include snippets/mdns-scan.shell %}</code></pre>
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            <h2>Standardised spec, common descriptions</h2>
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                <p>Why reinvent the wheel? The W3C have <a href="https://www.w3.org/WoT/">standardised designing and describing Web of Things devices.</a></p>
                <p>LabThings implements these standards to provide a robust, interoperable communication framework.</p>
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            <pre><code class="json">{% include snippets/w3c_td.json %}</code></pre>
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            <h2>Adapt your existing Python code</h2>
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                <p>With a couple of lines, convert your existing instrument control libraries into a fully documented, standardised, and discoverable API.</p>
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            <pre><code class="python">{% include snippets/adapt.py %}</code></pre>

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            <h2>Self-documenting APIs</h2>
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                <p>By parsing your device control code, W3C Thing Descriptions and interactive API documentation are created with zero additional work.</p>
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            <h2>Built-in extension management</h2>
            <p>Built in extension management allows developers to add and remove functionality from your Lab Thing.</p>
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    <h1>For Lab Users</h1>
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            <h2>A complete lab overview <i>(soon)</i></h2>
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                <p>Manage your entire lab from a simple overview. LabThings links together devices into an intelligently managed web.</p>
                <p>Pause and resume experiments for warnings, quickly start up your lab, get notified ot key events, and more.</p>
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            <h2>Modern manuals</h2>
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                <p>Using a device can be the best way to understand it.</p>
                <p>LabThings automatically builds standard interactive documentation, allowing users to quickly interact with devices with zero code.</p>
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            <h2>Common networking</h2>
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                <p>Connect your lab using high availability, low-cost networking equipment. No proprietary connections.</p>
                <p>IP networking provides a robust, globally available communication backbone, and can be extended to any scale.</p>
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            <h2>Scripting and Discovery <i>(soon)</i></h2>
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                <p>Simple client libraries allow easy instrument control and experiment scripting. LabThings Descriptions allow all device functionality to be easily used from any language.</p>
                <p>Devices announce themselves to the network, so connecting is simple and fast.</p>
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            <h2>Visual programming <i>(soon)</i></h2>
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                <p><a href="https://developers.google.com/blockly">Blockly</a> provides a visual programming environment for Python that can be used to build simple LabThings experiments with zero programming experience.</p>
                <p>The generated code can easily be converted into Python scripts if you need extra functionality.</p>
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            <h2>Events and data broadcasting <i>(soon)</i></h2>
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                <p>By broadcasting key events like warnings, errors, and changes in state, devices can be easily monitored and lined. Experiments can pause on warnings, and automatically resume.</p>
                <p>Collected data can be announced to the network, enablind automatic local backup of all experimental data from across the lab.</p>
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