STARBackend.{aspirate,disense} probe_liquid_height parameter #712
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Add a parameter
probe_liquid_heighttoSTARBackend.aspirateandSTARBackend.dispense. If the liquid height is not set using the PLR universalliquid_heightparameter (ofLH.aspirateandLH.dispense), we will probe the liquid height using cLLD (specifically, the functionclld_probe_z_height_using_channel@BioCam introduced in #69). This is implemented in the newSTARBackend.probe_liquid_heightsfunction.This will be useful when we do the automated
surface_following_distancecomputation, so we don't rely on users to know the exact liquid height. While the STAR can have thesurface_following_distanceparameter work with cLLD natively, the firmware requires us to specify the value forsurface_following_distanceat a time when the exact liquid height may not be known. Since we do need to know the current liquid_height to compute the accuratesurface_following_distance(it is not linear in most wells), we need probing to determine it using probing before computing surface_following_distance. This PR adds probing, a future PR will add automated surface_following_distance.