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# AlicatMC

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Control the Alicat MC flow controller from Python through [`InstroFlowController`](/flowcontroller.md).

![Alicat MC](AlicatMC.png){.driver-image}

The {py:obj}`AlicatMC <instro.unstable.flowcontroller.drivers.AlicatMC>` provides a driver that can be used to instantiate an [InstroFlowController](/flowcontroller.md).

## Creating an [`InstroFlowController`](/flowcontroller.md) with {py:obj}`AlicatMC <instro.unstable.flowcontroller.drivers.AlicatMC>`

```python
from instro.unstable.flowcontroller.drivers import AlicatMC
from instro.unstable.flowcontroller import InstroFlowController
from instro.lib.transports import SerialConfig, TerminatorConfig, VisaConfig

fc = InstroFlowController(
    name="myFlowController",
    driver=AlicatMC(
        VisaConfig(
            visa_resource="<visa_resource>",
            serial_config=SerialConfig(baud_rate=19200),
            terminator=TerminatorConfig(read="\r", write="\r"),
        ),
        device_id="M",
    ),
)
```

Parameters and methods specific to {py:obj}`AlicatMC <instro.unstable.flowcontroller.drivers.AlicatMC>` can be found in the [Reference](/ref/index.md).