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10 | 10 | <meta name="citation_author" content="Mukherjee, Sudip"> |
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18 | | - <h1>Prathamesh Deshmukh – Preprints</h1> |
19 | | - <p>UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre</p> |
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21 | | - <h2>Preprints</h2> |
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24 | | - <strong>[Preprint]</strong> |
25 | | - <a href="pica-paper.pdf"> |
26 | | - PICA: Advanced High-Precision Transport Measurement Automation |
27 | | - with Python (2025) |
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31 | | - Prathamesh Deshmukh, Sudip Mukherjee — |
32 | | - UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre. |
33 | | - December 22, 2025. <em>Submitted to Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS).</em> |
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| 35 | + <h1>PICA: Advanced High-Precision Transport Measurement Automation with Python</h1> |
| 36 | + <p><strong>Prathamesh Deshmukh<sup>1,2</sup> and Sudip Mukherjee<sup>1,2</sup></strong></p> |
| 37 | + <p><small>1. UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre<br> |
| 38 | + 2. Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India</small></p> |
| 39 | + </header> |
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| 42 | + <strong>Preprint Status:</strong> Published on December 22, 2025.<br> |
| 43 | + <strong>DOI:</strong> <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18377216" class="doi-badge">10.5281/zenodo.18377216</a> |
| 44 | + </div> |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | + <section> |
| 47 | + <h2>Abstract</h2> |
| 48 | + <p> |
| 49 | + PICA (Python-based Instrument Control and Automation) is a modular open-source software suite designed to automate advanced transport measurements for electronic devices and material samples. It provides an extensible, unified GUI-based framework to coordinate high-precision instruments including current sources (DC/AC), nanovoltmeters, electrometers, impedance analysers, and temperature controllers. |
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| 51 | + <a href="pica-paper.pdf" class="btn">View PDF Preprint</a> |
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| 55 | + <h2>Key Capabilities</h2> |
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| 58 | + <tr> |
| 59 | + <th>Feature</th> |
| 60 | + <th>Specification / Support</th> |
| 61 | + </tr> |
| 62 | + </thead> |
| 63 | + <tbody> |
| 64 | + <tr> |
| 65 | + <td><strong>Resistance Range</strong></td> |
| 66 | + <td>10<sup>-8</sup> Ω to 10<sup>16</sup> Ω (24 orders of magnitude)</td> |
| 67 | + </tr> |
| 68 | + <tr> |
| 69 | + <td><strong>Architecture</strong></td> |
| 70 | + <td>Multiprocessing (UI-Isolation) & Fault Tolerant</td> |
| 71 | + </tr> |
| 72 | + <tr> |
| 73 | + <td><strong>Hardware Brands</strong></td> |
| 74 | + <td>Keithley, Keysight, Lakeshore, Quantum Design (PPMS)</td> |
| 75 | + </tr> |
| 76 | + <tr> |
| 77 | + <td><strong>Measurements</strong></td> |
| 78 | + <td>I-V, R vs T, Capacitance, Pyroelectric Current</td> |
| 79 | + </tr> |
| 80 | + </tbody> |
| 81 | + </table> |
| 82 | + </section> |
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| 84 | + <section> |
| 85 | + <h2>How to Cite</h2> |
| 86 | + <p>Please use the following BibTeX entry for citations:</p> |
| 87 | + <pre> |
| 88 | +@techreport{deshmukh2025pica, |
| 89 | + title={PICA: Advanced High-Precision Transport Measurement Automation with Python}, |
| 90 | + author={Deshmukh, Prathamesh and Mukherjee, Sudip}, |
| 91 | + institution={UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre}, |
| 92 | + year={2025}, |
| 93 | + month={December}, |
| 94 | + type={Preprint}, |
| 95 | + doi={10.5281/zenodo.18377216}, |
| 96 | + url={https://prathameshnium.github.io/PICA-Python-Instrument-Control-and-Automation/} |
| 97 | +}</pre> |
| 98 | + </section> |
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| 102 | + <p><small>This work was supported by the SERB-CRG project grant No. CRG/2022/005676 from the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), India.</small></p> |
| 103 | + <p><small>Contact: <a href="mailto:sudipm@csr.res.in">sudipm@csr.res.in</a></small></p> |
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