wanglib
¶
Experimental control utilities for the Wang lab.
When writing a script to control your experiment (or working
interactively using the interpreter), use wanglib
to make
instrument control and data gathering easy.
Obtaining and Installing¶
wanglib
is hosted on Github. Follow the instructions there on how
best to install the package and its dependencies.
Contents¶
- 1. Instrument control with
wanglib.instruments
- 1.1. Example usage
- 1.2. Supported instruments
- 1.2.1. Lock-in amplifiers:
wanglib.instruments.lockins
- 1.2.2. Jobin-Yvon spectrometers:
wanglib.instruments.spex750m
- 1.2.3. Motion control:
wanglib.instruments.stages
- 1.2.4. RF signal generators:
wanglib.instruments.signal_generators
- 1.2.5. Newport Diode Lasers:
wanglib.instruments.lasers
- 1.2.6. Burleigh Wavemeter:
wanglib.instruments.wavemeter
- 1.2.7. Tektronix Oscilloscopes:
wanglib.instruments.tektronix
- 1.2.1. Lock-in amplifiers:
- 2. Alternative GPIB drivers
- 3. Improved interactive plotting with
wanglib.pylab_extensions
- 4. Miscellaneous utilities —
wanglib.util
- 5. Jobin-Yvon CCD client —
wanglib.ccd
To Do¶
I still haven’t documented the following:
wanglib.grating
- a bunch of old stuff for making SLM gratings/pulse shapers