Hummingbird Control™
Control software for In-Situ TEM, SEM, and X-Ray Microscopy
Control the experiment. Understand the result.
Advanced in situ microscopy depends on direct control of the physical conditions surrounding and acting on the sample. Hummingbird Control™ provides the software tools to operate Hummingbird Scientific holders, controllers, stages, gas systems, heating systems, biasing platforms, nanomanipulators, and other specialized microscopy hardware.
Each interface is built around the variables and operating requirements of the corresponding system. Researchers can adjust supported parameters, monitor system response, and follow changing experimental conditions in real time.
Available controller history and experimental-state data may include commanded values, measured values, timestamps, alerts, and errors. By linking this information with microscope observations, Hummingbird Control™ provides the context needed to evaluate how applied conditions influenced the observed response.
Hummingbird Control™ software
Different Hummingbird products require different controls. Hummingbird Control™ provides application-specific software for operating each holder, controller, or in situ system. Select a control interface to explore its available controls, monitored conditions, experimental-state data, and workflows. Capabilities vary by product and configuration.
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Hardware and software developed together
Hummingbird Scientific develops its control software around the hardware it operates. Each interface reflects the actual holder, controller, sensors, actuators, operating ranges, and experimental requirements of the system.
This integrated approach supports specialized workflows across:
- In situ TEM and STEM
- Environmental TEM
- Liquid-cell TEM and SEM
- Gas-cell microscopy
- Heating and cooling experiments
- Electrical biasing and electrochemistry
- Cryogenic microscopy
- Tilt and specimen positioning
- Nanomanipulation
- Custom experimental systems
Explore Hummingbird products to see the control software, capabilities, and workflows available for each system.
From physical experiment control to an open, connected workflow
Hummingbird Control™ provides the experiment-control and monitoring capabilities within Colibri Platform™. It controls and monitors Hummingbird hardware, giving researchers direct control over the conditions applied to the sample and visibility into the system state throughout the experiment.
From there, Hummingbird Connect™ supports integration with OEM and customer-selected software environments, while Colibri’s open-data approach keeps available experimental information useful across analysis, automation, institutional systems, Python workflows, and future AI environments.
Hummingbird Connect™
Connect Hummingbird systems with OEM software
Open data management
Use your data in the tools and systems you choose
Find the right software for your experiment
Hummingbird Control supports in situ microscopy systems used across battery materials, catalysis, electrochemistry, semiconductors, electronics, synthesis, low-dimensional materials, quantum materials, and biological and soft-material research.
Tell us about your microscope, holder, application, and experimental goals, and we can help identify the control software and hardware configuration best suited for your research.