This release changes the API of Parameters in QCoDeS, reducing the amount of Parameter classes. It also introduces tests for VisaInstrument drivers via the PyVISA-sim backend.
Note: This is the last QCoDeS release before the new dataset and as such it will be the last QCoDeS release to support python 3.5.
- New and Improved drivers:
- New driver for HP8753D Spectrum Analyzer (#843)
- Fixes to Decadac driver (#756, #838, #857, #876)
- Unification of existing Keysight waveform generator drivers (#758)
- New driver for Keysight Infiniium MSOS104A oscilloscope (#766)
- New driver for Keysight N51x1 RF source (#796)
- New driver for Keysight E8267D (#892)
- New driver for Mini-Circuits RF switch USB-4SPDT-A18 (#891)
- New driver for Mini-Circuits RF switch RC-xSP4T (#814)
- New driver for Mini-Circuits RF switch RC-1SP4T (#814)
- New driver for Mini-Circuits RF switch USB-4SPDT (#814)
- New driver for Spirack module (#847)
- Fixes to IVVI (#919)
- Features added to ZI UHF-LI driver (#883, #879, #870, #685)
- New driver for Cryogenic SMS120c (#819)
- New driver for Rohde & Schwarz RTO 1000 oscilloscope (#679, #907)
- New drivers for Stanford Research Instruments lock-in amplifiers SR860 and SR865
- New driver for Tektronix AWG70000A series (#761, #911)
- New fast sweep feature for and channelisation of Tektronix Keithley 2600 (#747)
- New driver for Yokogawa GS200
- New features:
- Simulated instruments using PyVISA-sim for driver testing (#859)
- New Parameter API (#651)
- Documentation improvements:
- MatPlot Guide (#762)
- Obsolete examples removed (#918)
- New and easier installation instructions (#841)
- The Parameter API changed. There are no longer StandardParameters and ManualParameters can be avoided.