November Status Update
Hardware has been built and software has been written to integrate the PILATUS-6MF with the beamline. Over the Thanksgiving weekend, the PILATUS-6MF was temporarily installed on 24-ID-C to test the hardware and software. The PILATUS was tested for 2 days. Data collection was performed in both shutterless and shuttered modes. Initial tests show almost no background, excellent statistics, and the possibility to detect crystal diffraction at higher resolution with lower x-ray dose.
The PILATUS-6MF hangs from the A-frame in C hutch during testing. The control computer for the PILATUS sits on a cart to the left.
Thaumatin data collection using the PILATUS-6MF