Lima is a Library for IMage Acquisition developed at ESRF. The Lima framework allows the control from different detectors as well as some features like calculations using common Tango devices. These Tango devices are, among other possible, clients of the Lima library. They can be written in c++ or python (in this case a Lima sip module is used).
The use of the Lima framework for a given detector requires the implementation of its specific plugin into the library and of a specific Tango class for its configuration. A Lima Tango proccess for a detector consists of the common devices as well as the specific detector device.
In
http://lima.blissgarden.org/applications/tango/doc/index.html
a description of the Lima Tango classes developed at ESRF can be found.