Request for common device support

[prjemian]

Request from an APS beam line:

There are too little or no hardware support in the https://blueskyproject.io/ophyd/. It seems still lot of programming needs to be done. Do you have a page for various devices used at APS. I need a dg645, PTC10, linkam, pilatus, perkinElmer detector. If not, I may start to use it just for scanning.

[prjemian]

• create an issue for DG645
• create an issue for PTC10
• create an issue for Linkam
• document example to support a Pilatus detector
• document example to support a PerkinElmer detector
• Create documentation index entries for supported devices.

[prjemian]

USAXS has Pilatus support that can be made into an example: https://github.com/APS-USAXS/ipython-usaxs/blob/master/profile_bluesky/startup/instrument/devices/pilatus_module.py

[prjemian]

Ophyd has a PerkinElmerDetector class, so support for that should be similar to any other AD in ophyd.

[gfabbris]

This is a good point. In my experience, we need to do quite a bit of tweaking even for detectors that have some support in ophyd (like the xspress3).

[prjemian]

Can close this once the docs build and the Example; Area Detector entries appear in the index.

[canismarko]

I noticed the DG-645 is listed here but I don't see any issues or commits that add it. Happy to do it myself, just checking before I get started in case it's been done already. Thanks!

[prjemian]

@canismarko: Your DG645 contribution would be most welcome!

[canismarko]

Submitted a PR that would add support for the DG-645: #877