0.3.0.rst

Changelog for QCoDeS 0.3.0

The May 2019 release of QCoDeS contains a large backend re-structure of the Measurement.DataSaver logic as well a handful of driver improvements and some new data saving functionalities.

New & Improved:

• New and Improved Drivers:
  • Alazar Cards:
    • All models; limit maximum buffer size as documented for AlazarBeforeAsyncRead (1535)
    • All models; add api instance as initialization parameter (1524)
  • Arbitraty Waveform Generators:
    • Keysight 33510B: add support for this specific model (1544)
    • Zurich Instruments HDAWG8; Remove warning when taking snapshot of ZIHDAWG8 (1561)
  • Lock-in Amplifiers:
    • Zurich Instruments UHF-LI; support all 8 oscillators with MF option (1546)
    • Zurich Instruments UHF-LI; add parameter to UHFLI driver to select oscillator per demodulator (1551)
  • Magnets:
    • American Magnetics AMI430; allow a broader range of field limit values (1558)
    • American Magnetics AMI430; fix coil-constant related bug (1527)
  • Multimeters:
    • Tektronix Keithley 6500; allow immediate triggering (1576)
    • Tektronix Keithley 6500; fix invalid SCPI commands (1541)
  • Source Meters:
    • Tektronix Keithley 2450; add brand new driver! (1533, 1569)
  • Vector Generators:
    • Keysight E8267D; extend frequency modulation features (1554)
  • Vector Network Analyzers:
    • Rohde&Schwarz ZNB; make initialization more fail-safe (1564)
  • Others:
    • Mj2; allow higher gain (1575)
    • Cryocon; allow the setting of the termination character (1559)
• Data Saving Features:
  • Allow arrays of different lengths to be stored together (1477)
  • Allow complex numbers (1484, 1489, 1493)
  • Infer the SQLite storage type of parameters (1494)
• Documentation:
  • Increase title consistency (1553)
• Database upgrades:
  • Schema version bumped to 5; snapshot column always present (1562)
• QCoDeS Workflow:
  • Extend QCoDeS-Station to be configurable through yaml file (1560)

Breaking Changes:

• The DataSet no longer has an add_parameter method (1547)

Miscellaneous:

• The python package dependencies have been updated (1550)
• Our copyright is up to date :) (1552)