v1.8
GUI:
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GUI is now compatible with PyQt6 and Python 3.10.
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New GUI settings dialog.
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Required device driver files are now automatically transferred to the pyboard when a task or hardware definition is uploaded.
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Pyboards can how be hidden so they do not show up in board select GUI menus by naming them _hidden_ in the setups tab.
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Hardware definition files are now stored in a hardware_definitions folder not the generic config folder.
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Various small improvements and bug fixes.
Framework:
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Major refactoring of framework code to make it simpler and more readable.
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Analog inputs now stream data to the computer continously while the framework is running rather than having
record
andstop
methods to start and stop data streaming. -
Events triggered by timers are now output to the data log by default.
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Removed decimate argument from digital input as it was not used in practice.
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Added
Frame_trigger
device class for triggering camera frames as a specified frequency and recording the frame times to an analog data file. -
Added uRFID device class for controlling Priority 1 Designs RFID module.
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Added
print_variables
function for printing variable values to the data log as a json formatted string.
Data import:
- Added
session_dataframe
function for generating a pandas dataframe from a pyControl data file andexperiment_dataframe
for generating a pandas dataframe from an experiment data folder.