Metadata-Version: 1.2
Name: PyVISA-py
Version: 0.2
Summary: Python VISA bindings for GPIB, RS232, and USB instruments
Home-page: https://github.com/hgrecco/pyvisa-py
Author: Hernan E. Grecco
Author-email: hernan.grecco@gmail.com
Maintainer: Hernan E. Grecco
Maintainer-email: hernan.grecco@gmail.com
License: MIT License
Description: PyVISA-py
        =========
        
        A PyVISA backend that implements a large part of the "Virtual Instrument Software
        Architecture" (VISA_) in pure Python (with the help of some nice cross platform
        libraries python packages!).
        
        
        Description
        -----------
        
        PyVISA started as wrapper for the NI-VISA library and therefore you need to install
        National Instruments VISA library in your system. This works most of the time,
        for most people. But NI-VISA is a proprietary library that only works on certain
        systems. That is when PyVISA-py jumps in.
        
        Starting from version 1.6, PyVISA allows to use different backends. These backends can be
        dynamically loaded. PyVISA-py is one of such backends. It implements most of the methods
        for Message Based communication (Serial/USB/GPIB/Ethernet) using Python and some well developed,
        easy to deploy and cross platform libraries
        
        .. _VISA: http://www.ivifoundation.org/Downloads/Specifications.htm
        
        
        VISA and Python
        ---------------
        
        Python has a couple of features that make it very interesting for measurement controlling:
        
        - Python is an easy-to-learn scripting language with short development cycles.
        - It represents a high abstraction level, which perfectly blends with the abstraction
          level of measurement programs.
        - It has a very rich set of native libraries, including numerical and plotting modules for
          data analysis and visualisation.
        - A large set of books (in many languages) and on-line publications is available.
        
        
        Requirements
        ------------
        
        - Python (tested with 2.6 and 2.7, 3.2+)
        - PyVISA 1.6+
        
        Optionally
        - PySerial (to interface with Serial instruments)
        - PyUSB (to interface with USB instruments)
        - linux-gpib (to interface with gpib instruments, only on linux)
        
        
        Installation
        --------------
        
        Using pip:
        
            $ pip install pyvisa-py
        
        
        
        Documentation
        --------------
        
        The documentation can be read online at https://pyvisa-py.readthedocs.org
        
        
        pyvisa-py is written and maintained by Hernan E. Grecco <hernan.grecco@gmail.com>.
        
        
        Other contributors, listed alphabetically, are:
        
        * Alex Forencich <alex@alexforencich.com>
        * Alexander Bessman <bessman@kth.se>
        * Colin Marquardt <github@marquardt-home.de>
        * Lance McCulley <lancemcculley@gmail.com>
        * Martin Ritter <ritter@mpp.mpg.de>
        * Sebastian Held <sebastian.held@imst.de>
        * Thomas Kopp <20.kopp@gmail.com>
        * Thorsten Liebig <liebig@imst.de>
        * Tobias Müller <Tobias_Mueller@twam.info>
        
        (If you think that your name belongs here, please let the maintainer know)
        
        
        PyVISA-py Changelog
        ===================
        
        
        0.2 (2015-08-25)
        ----------------
        
        - Added support for TCPIP Socket.
          (Issue #38, thanks Thorsten Liebig)
        - Added support for GPIB INSTR using linux-gpib.
          (Issue #24, thanks bessman)
        - Added support for USB RAW.
          (Issue #18, kopp)
        - Better error reporting when pyusb or pyserial is missing.
        - Fixed logging of unicode strings.
          (Issue #54)
        - Fixed timeout in SerialSession.
          (Issue #44)
        - Moved resource name parsing to PyVISA.
        - VXI11 protocol performance enhancement.
          (thanks alexforencich)
        - Improved pyusb importing.
        - Fixed large binary reads in TCPIP.
        - Added backend information to logger.
        - Use pyvisa compat/struct.py for python < 2.7.8
          (thanks Martin Ritter)
        
        
        
        0.1 (2015-02-08)
        ----------------
        
        - Initial release. Preliminary support for:
          - USB INSTR
          - TCPIP INSTR
          - ASRL INSTR
        
Keywords: Remote VISA GPIB USB serial RS232 measurement acquisition
Platform: Linux
Platform: Windows
Platform: Mac
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Interface Engine/Protocol Translator
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
