Book seems a rather lite on actually getting Python to work with GPIB. Instead it really a book on data manipulation using Python
Lester B Veenstra MØYCM K1YCM les...@veenstras.com m0...@veenstras.com k1...@veenstras.com US Postal Address: PSC 45 Box 781 APO AE 09468 USA UK Postal Address: Dawn Cottage Norwood, Harrogate HG3 1SD, UK Telephones: Office: +44-(0)1423-846-385 Home: +44-(0)1943-880-963 Guam Cell: +1-671-788-5654 UK Cell: +44-(0)7716-298-224 US Cell: +1-240-425-7335 Jamaica: +1-876-352-7504 This e-mail and any documents attached hereto contain confidential or privileged information. The information is intended to be for use only by the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this e-mail or any documents attached hereto is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of supp...@prologix.biz Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 7:21 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] "PYLT" Python LabTools Dear Poul, Excellent! Looking forward to playing with it more. On a related note, O'Reilly has a new book out on developing instrument control software using Python: Real World Instrumentation with Python: Automated Data Acquisition and Control Systems by John M. Hughes http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596809577 (Self-interest disclosure: John's book mentions Prologix GPIB-USB Controller.) Regards, Abdul Quoting Poul-Henning Kamp <p...@phk.freebsd.dk>: > In message <4d32fef2.5000...@erols.com>, Chuck Harris writes: > > >> I was >> a little more back-of-the-envelope with my stuff, and basically kept >> the low level stuff with the upper level control functions. > > Yeah, that's how I started out also, and then I ended up in the > "now where did I put that function I wrote which..." mode and got > fed up with it. > > The instrument that got the ball rolling was the U2004 Power Sensor > with its USB interface, that took a couple of days to figure out. > (SCPI over IEEE488.2 over USB488 over USBTMC over USB, who are these > bozos ???) > > Anyway, I hope it proves useful for some people and as always, patches > are welcome :-) > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.