anzalks / Pattern_generation

Pattern Generation

Dependencies

To install dependencies, use the following commands in Debian's terminal (or equivalent).

1. sudo apt install imagemagick
2. pip3 install -r requirements.txt --user

Pipeline

To run the pipeline, a Makefile is provided. Running is as easy as

$ make 

To change the parameters, open the Makefile in editor such as gEdit. Once it is compete, a TIFF file (default results.tiff) will be generated in the current working directory.

To generate PNG files from it, run make pngs in terminal.

Parameters

To see the options available, run the following command in terminal.

$ python3 ./grid_generator.py -h

If will show the available options. For example, I get the following for commit hash 5fb3c0f.

usage: grid_generator.py [-h] [--width WIDTH] [--height HEIGHT]
                         [--num-fixed-brights NUM_FIXED_BRIGHTS]
                         [--magnification MAGNIFICATION]
                         [--num-brights NUM_BRIGHTS] [--gap GAP]
                         [--num-patterns NUM_PATTERNS] [--outfile OUTFILE]

Pattern Generator for Polygon.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --width WIDTH, -W WIDTH
                        WIDTH of pattern
  --height HEIGHT, -H HEIGHT
                        WIDTH of the pattern
  --num-fixed-brights NUM_FIXED_BRIGHTS, -nFB NUM_FIXED_BRIGHTS
                        How many bright pixels must have fixed position.
  --magnification MAGNIFICATION, -m MAGNIFICATION
                        Magnification of objective lens.
  --num-brights NUM_BRIGHTS, -nB NUM_BRIGHTS
                        Number of bright pixels)
  --gap GAP, -g GAP     Gap between nearest bright neighbours. <=0 removes
                        restriction.
  --num-patterns NUM_PATTERNS, -N NUM_PATTERNS
                        Number of patterns to generate
  --outfile OUTFILE, -o OUTFILE
                        Output file (TIFF)