Overview

aurora-unicycler provides a universal cycling protocol Python class.

Cycling protocols can be defined in Python or with JSON, and exported to different formats:

• Biologic .mps
• Neware .xml
• tomato 0.2.3 .json
• PyBaMM string list
• BattINFO .jsonld

This is particularly useful for high-throughput battery experiments, as protocols can be programmatically defined, and sample IDs and capacities can be attached at the last second.

We try to make the protocol clear and unambiguous, and abstract away idiosyncrasies of the backend of different cycling protocols.

The main class in aurora-unicycler is the Protocol, which contains the method - a list of steps to carry out, as well as safety and recording parameters and limited sample details.

Under-the-hood, these are pydantic models, which allows for powerful validation and type checking.