This is a Python library to interface with PicoLog ADC hardware.
It provides a Python class to interact with the ADC24, and data structures
to represent its outputs. The ADC24 is implemented, but the library is
designed to be easily extended for other PicoLog (and potentially non-PicoLog)
hardware. It may work with the ADC20 without modification, but this is not
tested.
The following requirements must be met before DataLog is installed:
- Python 3.5+
- PicoLog ADC 20/24 hardware and driver (
libpicohrdl)
The PicoLog ADC driver can be obtained from PicoTech and must be installed and working before using this library.
Installation is handled by setup.py. This is most easily handled by pip:
pip3 install datalogThis installs the Python package dependencies automatically. If the above command doesn't make sense, try reading this introduction to pip.
The documentation should help to get you started. Compile it with:
cd doc
make htmlThe main functionality is implemented in datalog/adc/hrdl/picolog.py and this
class can be used on its own.
We use this library at the University of Glasgow observatory for our magnetometer. We have to calibrate the raw counts coming from the PicoLog unit, as well as upload this data to our FTP server. The set of scripts we use can be found here.
I welcome contributions to the codebase - just open a pull request!
Sean Leavey
https://github.com/SeanDS/