Tutorials and sample code

There are several tutorials explaining different aspects of the program.

The Getting Started tutorial is a very old tutorial written by Darren Dale and initially tailored to CHESS users but usefull to everybody starting to use PyMca. In case the previous link is down, you can try this alternative link.

Accessing HDF5 Data PyMca can deal with HDF5 files since version 4.4.0. You should take a look at the HDF Group web site to know more about HDF. NeXus files are only supported when using the HDF5 backend.

Calibration tutorial. To be used if you still have some doubts about how to calibrate your spectra.

Defining new materials in the material editor. This tutorial will show you how to define your own materials.

ROI Imaging tutorial . Introduction to the stack imaging capabilities of PyMca

Kinetics tutorial . Illustration of the use of the ROI Imaging tool for kinetics studies.

Understanding and using the strip background. Description of the parameters defining your favorite background.

Customizing PyMca Description about how to add your own add-ons to PyMca.