DigitalMicrograph Download
Introduction
This web page contains links to download the components necessary to install one “free of charge” configuration of DigitalMicrograph®, also known as Gatan Microscopy Suite® (GMS), software version 3.x to an “offline” computer (e.g., no microscope or image acquisition hardware is attached). Please follow the below steps to install DigitalMicrograph. If you have any questions, please refer to the Detailed Instructions.
Step 1 – Install license
DigitalMicrograph 3 software is only available in 64-bit, and the offline version is supported on Windows 7, 8.1, 10, and 11. To obtain a license, press the desired button to download the respective *.zip file, then save to a folder on the target computer. Once you obtain the license, select the Download button under the DigitalMicrograph Software Installer section to access the installer on the FTP site.
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K2 data manager | √ | ||||
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Viewing and processing of diffraction, EDS, EELS, and CL imaging data (excludes quantification) | √ | ||||
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Requires K2 IS license to manipulate K2 STEMx data | √ | √ | |||
| Qualitative and quantitative analysis of EDS, EFTEM, and EELS data |
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| Quantitative strain and DPC analysis of 4D STEM data |
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Step 2 – Download installer
Log4j and Log4Shell vulnerability
Gatan’s DigitalMicrograph application and Gatan Microscopy Suite (GMS) software suite, including all the plug-ins and modules developed by Gatan, do not use the Log4j framework and is therefore not exposed to the Log4Shell vulnerability.
DigitalMicrograph makes only very limited use of third-party software modules and only uses one that actually installs a Java Virtual Machine, which is necessary to run Log4j. This 3rd party module is developed by National Instruments. Gatan uses a National Instruments card to integrate the JEOL EDS detector, and NI’s statement is available here. National Instruments has indicated that the product we use is not affected.
Resources
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Scripts
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EELS.info
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Issue and Bug Reporting
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STEMx image acknowledgment: Ni nanoplatelet sample fabricated by Felipe Quiroga-Suavita (LPCNO - INSA Toulouse and SMS - UNSW Sydney, EU MSCA-AUFRANDE).