  NOMAD CAMELS (short: CAMELS) is a configurable, open-source measurement
software that records fully self-describing experimental data. It has its
origins in the field of experimental physics where a wide variety of
measurement instruments are used in frequently changing experimental setups and
measurement protocols. CAMELS provides a graphical user interface (GUI) which
allows the user to configure experiments without the need of programming skills
or deep understanding of instrument communication. CAMELS translates
user-defined measurement protocols into stand-alone executable Python code for
full transparency of the actual measurement sequences. Existing large-scale,
distributed control systems using e.g. EPICS can be natively implemented.
CAMELS is designed with focus on full recording of data and metadata. When
shared with others, data produced with CAMELS allow full understanding of the
measurement and the resulting data in accordance with the FAIR (Findable,
Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable) principles.
