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fixes to make gpib_detect works

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1 .. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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3 ==============
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4 Presentation
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5 ==============
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7 pygpibtoolkit_ is a Python_ toolkit for talking with GPIB devices. It consist
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8 in a set of python modules (low-level and some more high-level) in
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9 order to ease writing python code to play with GPIB devices.
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10 There are also some utility commands written using this library.
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12 The aim of the project is to have an infrastructure that make it easy
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13 to write code to command/interact with GPIB-controlled devices, and,
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14 as a corrolary, make it easy to write "description" code for specific
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15 test equipments.
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17 Features
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18 ========
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20 - Control GPIB devices using cheap Prologix_ USB-GPIB devices using a
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21 "high" level API; some other GPIB backends could be implemented, but
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22 I for now only have a Prologix USB bundle...
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24 - A simple (and incomplete) GPIB plotter is available.
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26 - Infrastructure to "easily" create description of a specific test
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27 equipment.
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29 Known test equipment
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30 ====================
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32 For now, the following test equipment have been (partially)
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33 implemented:
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35 - HP 3562A/3563A Dynamic Signal Analyzer
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36 - Simple GPIB plotter
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38 The devices I should implement soon (well, ASAP):
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40 - HP 8904A Signal Synthetizer
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41 - HP ???? Meter
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44 .. _pygpibtoolkit: http://www.logilab.org/pygpibtoolkit
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45 .. _Prologix: http://www.prologix.com
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46 .. _Python: http://www.python.org

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