Tools for controlling piezoelectric actuators.
Project description
Pypiezo
Pypiezo is a Python module to control piezoelectric actuators. It is mostly a set of convenient wrappers around pycomedi calls for keeping track of the relevant calibration constants. To get a feel for an “official” set of calibration constants, you can take a peek at veeco_header, which is the beginning of a saved Veeco NanoScope image file. It lists the parameters used by the NanoScope during imaging.
Installation
Packages
Gentoo
I’ve packaged pypiezo for Gentoo. You need layman and my wtk overlay. Install with:
# emerge -av app-portage/layman # layman --add wtk # emerge -av sci-libs/pypiezo
Dependencies
If you’re installing by hand or packaging pypiezo for another distribution, you’ll need the following dependencies:
Package |
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python-numpy |
dev-python/numpy |
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python-scipy |
sci-libs/scipy |
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python-matplotlib |
dev-python/matplotlib |
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dev-python/h5config [1] |
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dev-python/curses-check-for-keypress [1] |
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python-nose |
dev-python/nose |
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dev-python/pycomedi [1] |
Installing by hand
Pypiezo is available as a Git repository:
$ git clone git://tremily.us/pypiezo.git
See the homepage for details. To install the checkout, run the standard:
$ python setup.py install
Usage
See the module docstrings for simple examples.
Testing
Run internal unit tests with:
$ nosetests --with-doctest --doctest-tests pypiezo
Licence
This project is distributed under the GNU General Public License Version 3 or greater.
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