This is excellent news! I'll test it today. (BTW the link above is to the incorrect repository - it links to Cliffords.jl rather than Instruments.jl) John
On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 6:59:14 AM UTC+2, Colm Ryan wrote: > > BBN Technologies has released v0.0.1 of Instruments.jl, a package for > controlling laboratory instruments through Julia over > TCPIP/GPIB/USB/Serial. > > https://github.com/BBN-Q/Instruments.jl > <https://github.com/BBN-Q/Cliffords.jl> > > The package is wrapper around the NI-VISA library (which needs to be > separately installed) similar to PyVISA and has some starts towards making > it easier to write custom instrument drivers. We've successfully used it > for a few simple data taking runs in the lab. You'll need some instruments > to talk to play with the package but we'd love to hear from other > experimental physicists or engineers who have suggestions for what they'd > like to see. > >
