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Python API for Tektronix Oscillscopes erial interface.

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[GPLv3] [drone.io status]

PyTek provides a python API for interacting with Tektronix oscilloscopes over a serial interface. It currently supports some basic commands for the TDS3000 series of Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes, especially capturing waveforms and screen shots from the device.

tl;dr

What?

A python package that gives you an API for interacting with supported Tektronix oscilloscopes over a serial interace.

Install?

$ pip install pytek

Or, from source:

$ python setup.py install

Serial?

We don’t provide a serial port implementation. We suggest, pyserial:

$ pip install pyserial

Examples?

>>> from serial import Serial
>>> from pytek import TDS3k
>>>
>>> port = Serial("COM1", 9600, timeout=1)
>>> tds = TDS3k(port)
>>>
>>>
>>> # Make the scope identify itself.
...
>>> tds.identify()
'TEKTRONIX,TDS 3034,0,CF:91.1CT FV:v2.11 TDS3GM:v1.00 TDS3FFT:v1.00 TDS3TRG:v1.00'
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> # Capture waveform data
...
>>> waveform = tds.get_waveform(start=100, stop=109)
>>> waveform
<generator object <genexpr> at 0x0238B8A0>
>>
>>> for x,y in waveform:
...     print x, y
...
-0.0045 -0.16
-0.004499 -0.04
-0.004498 -0.04
-0.004497 -0.12
-0.004496 -0.12
-0.004495 -0.08
-0.004494 -0.12
-0.004493 -0.16
-0.004492 -0.2
-0.004491 -0.08
>>>
>>> tds.x_units()
's'
>>> tds.y_units()
'V'
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> # Grab a screen shot (this will take a few minutes).
...
>>> ofile = open("screenshot.tiff", "wb")
>>> tds.screenshot(ofile, "tiff")
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> #Fin.
...
>>> tds.close()
>>>

Dependencies?

You’ll need a serial port interface. See the “Serial?” section, above.

To build the sphinx docs from source (as is), you’ll need the sphinx_rtd_theme:

$ pip install sphinx_rtd_theme

Extras?

PyTek package includes the following extras (optional installs):

serial

Adds pyserial package as a requirement, the recommended serial port interface.

docs

Adds sphinx_rtd_theme package as a requirement, needed for building sphinx docs.

Docs?

Misc.

Contact Information

This project is currently hosted on bitbucket, at https://bitbucket.org/bmearns/pytek/. The primary author is Brian Mearns: you can contact Brian through bitbucket at https://bitbucket.org/bmearns.

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