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