Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: PyVISA-sim
Version: 0.2
Summary: Simulated backend for PyVISA implementing TCPIP, GPIB, RS232, and USB resources
Home-page: https://github.com/hgrecco/pyvisa-sim
Author: Hernan E. Grecco
Author-email: hernan.grecco@gmail.com
License: MIT License
Description: PyVISA-sim
        ==========
        
        PyVISA-sim is a PyVISA backend that simulates a large part of the "Virtual Instrument Software
        Architecture" (VISA_).
        
        .. _VISA: http://www.ivifoundation.org/Downloads/Specifications.htm
        
        Description
        -----------
        
        PyVISA started as a wrapper for the NI-VISA library and therefore you need to install
        the National Instruments VISA library in your system. This works most of the time,
        for most people. But sometimes you need to test PyVISA without the physical devices or even
        without NI-VISA.
        
        Starting from version 1.6, PyVISA allows to use different backends. These backends
        can be dynamically loaded. PyVISA-sim is one of such backends. It implements most
        of the methods for Message Based communication (Serial/USB/GPIB/Ethernet) in a
        simulated environment. The behaviour of simulated devices can be controlled by a
        simple plain text configuration file.
        
        
        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+
        
        
        Installation
        ------------
        
        Using pip:
        
            $ pip install -U pyvisa-sim
        
        or install the development version:
        
            $ pip install -U https://github.com/hgrecco/pyvisa-sim/zipball/master
        
        PyVISA is automatically installed if needed.
        
        Documentation
        -------------
        
        The documentation can be read online at https://pyvisa-sim.readthedocs.org
        
        
        pyvisa-sim is written and maintained by Hernan E. Grecco <hernan.grecco@gmail.com>.
        
        
        Other contributors, listed alphabetically, are:
        
        * Colin Marquardt <github@marquardt-home.de>
        * Huan Nguyen <famish99@gmail.com>
        * Matthieu Dartiailh <m.dartiailh@gmail.com>
        
        
        PyVISA-sim Changelog
        ====================
        
        
        0.2 (2015-05-19)
        ----------------
        
        - Add support for channels.
          (Issue #9, thanks MatthieuDartiailh)
        - Add support for error queue.
          (Issue #26, thanks MatthieuDartiailh)
        - Add support for TCPIP SOCKET.
          (Issue #29, thanks MatthieuDartiailh)
        - Removed resource string parsing in favour of to pyvisa.rname.
        - Changed find_resource and find_next in favour of list_resources.
        - Implemented new loader with bases and versioning enforcing.
          (Issue #16)
        - Renamed is_resource to bundled in yaml files.
        - Added support for an empty response.
          (Issue #15, thanks famish99)
        - Several small fixes and better VISA compliance.
        - Better error reporting and debug info.
        
        
        0.1 (2015-02-12)
        ----------------
        
        - First public release.
        - Basic ASRL INSTR functionality.
        - Basic USB INSTR functionality.
        - Basic TCPIP INSTR functionality.
        
Keywords: VISA GPIB USB serial RS232 TCPIP measurement acquisition simulator mock
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 :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
