--- a/README Fri May 18 00:05:28 2018 +0200 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -=============== - pygpibtoolkit -=============== - -pygpibtoolkit_ is a pure Python 3 toolkit for managing and controlling test -equipment via the GPIB_ (aka IEEE-488) bus. - -Currently, it only supports Prologix_ compatible GPIB dongles, but support for -linux-gpib_ is planned. - -Installation -============ - -The simplest way to install pygpibtoolkit_ is to use pip_. I strongly recommend -you use virtualenvs_ for this, for example via virtualenvwrapper_ or pew_. Here -is an example session using virtualenvwrapper_ on a Debian stretch machine: - -.. code-block:: bash - - david@host:~$ mkvirtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 pygpib - Already using interpreter /usr/bin/python3 - Using base prefix '/usr' - New python executable in /home/david/.virtualenvs/pygpib/bin/python3 - Also creating executable in /home/david/.virtualenvs/pygpib/bin/python - Installing setuptools, pkg_resources, pip, wheel...done. - - (pygpib) david@host:~$ pip install pygpibtoolkit - [...] - Installing collected packages: pyserial, numpy, sip, PyQt5, pyqtgraph, pygpibtoolkit - Successfully installed PyQt5-5.10.1 numpy-1.14.3 pygpibtoolkit-0.1.0 pyqtgraph-0.10.0 pyserial-3.4 sip-4.19.8 - (pygpib) david@pavo:~$ pygpib-detect --help - usage: A simple tool for detecting connected GPIB devices [-h] [-d DEVICE] [-v] - - optional arguments: - -h, --help show this help message and exit - -d DEVICE, --device DEVICE - Device of connected Prologix GPIB bundle - [/dev/ttyUSB0] - -v, --verbose - (pygpib) david@host:~$ python - Python 3.5.3 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:11:04) - [GCC 6.3.0 20170118] on linux - Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. - >>> from pygpibtoolkit.prologix import GPIB - >>> from pygpibtoolkit.gpibcontroller import GPIBController - >>> cnx = GPIB(device='/dev/ttyUSB0') - >>> ctl = GPIBController(cnx) - >>> dvm = c.register_device(24, "HP3456A") - >>> dvm.S0F1 # set DVM to DC Voltage mode - - - -Please refer to the `user manual`_ for more informations on how to use the -provided tools and how to use the API. - - - -You can get information on pygpibtoolkit on -http://pygpibtoolkit.readthedocs.io - -The project is hosted at -https://bitbucket.org/dddouard/pygpibtoolkit - -If you have any questions, please mail david.douard@sdfa3.org for support. - -pygpibtoolkit_ is (c) 2007-2018 David Douard -and is available under the GNU General Public Licence v2. - -.. _pygpibtoolkit: http://pygpibtoolkit.readthedocs.io -.. _`user manual`: http://pygpibtoolkit.readthedocs.io -.. _GPIB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE-488 -.. _Prologix: http://prologix.biz -.. _linux-gpib: https://linux-gpib.sourceforge.io -.. _virtualenvs: https://docs.python.org/dev/library/venv.html -.. _pip: https://packaging.python.org/key_projects/#pip -.. _virtualenvwrapper: http://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.io -.. _pew: https://github.com/berdario/pew