Controlling control—A primer in open-source experimental control systems

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About the Authors

Christopher James Forman

* E-mail: Chrisforman@cantab.net

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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