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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)