Metadata-Version: 2.0
Name: scimpy
Version: 0.0.dev1
Summary: Speaker design and impedance measuring tool
Home-page: https://github.com/maqifrnswa/scimpy
Author: Scott Howard
Author-email: UNKNOWN
License: GPLv3+
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Environment :: MacOS X
Classifier: Environment :: X11 Applications :: Qt
Classifier: Environment :: Win32 (MS Windows)
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Education
Classifier: Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS
Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Topic :: Artistic Software
Classifier: Topic :: Multimedia :: Sound/Audio
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics

Scimpy
======

Scimpy is an open-source, cross-platform loudspeaker design tool. Features include:
* Modeling speaker impedance, phase, SPL, and group delay from TS Parameters
* Measuring speaker impedance using your sound card as a signal generator and
data acquisition system
* Extract TS parameters from measured results and downloaded ZMA files.
* Loudspeaker cabinet design: the tool will calculate speaker performance (SPL
and group delay) for sealed and vented box designs. Will calculate "optimal"
cabinet dimensions for traditional speaker alignments (B2 closed box, QB4-B4-C4)
* A complete book covering speaker design theory

Scimpy is short for "Sound Card Impedance Measurements in PYthon"

General Python Requirements:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Python 2 or 3, scipy, numpy, pyaudio, matplotlib, pandas and either pyqt4 or pyside

Debian/Ubuntu development environment & installation:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

::

    sudo apt-get install python3-scipy python3-pyaudio python3-matplotlib python3-pyside python3-pandas
    python3 setup.py install


Windows Python Environment & Scimpy Installation:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Full install (LARGE), comes with spyder IDE and many other python packages
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

install anaconda (https://www.continuum.io/downloads), open anaconda
console and then in the anaconda console run "pip install pyaudio".

If you want more control over the sound card, you can use a version of
pyaudio built with more APIs available. Download pyaudio from:
http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ then open the anaconda
console and install pyaudio with "pip install
PyAudio-0.2.9-cp35-none-win\_amd64.whl" replacing
PyAudio-0.2.9-cp35-none-win\_amd64.whl with the name of the file you
downloaded.

Minimal install:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Install miniconda (32bit, even if you have 64 bit - makes things easier)
from: http://conda.pydata.org/miniconda.html

Open Windows PowerShell (Start Menu, search for "Windows PowerShell")
and type the following commands:

::

    conda update conda
    conda install matplotlib scipy numpy
    pip install pyaudio
    cd LOCATION_WHERE_SCIMPY_WAS_DOWNLOADED
    python run.py

have fun!

How to build Windows binaries
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

PyInstaller works. First install pyinstaller:

::

    pip install pywin32 pyinstaller
    conda install setuptools=19.2

(downgrading setuptools:
https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/1781)

The run

::

    pyinstaller -F run.py

to get a single executable in dist/

Book
~~~~

LaTeX (e.g., MiKTeX)

License
-------

Code: GPL3

Book/Documentation: CC-BY-SA 4.0


