cgse-common 2023.1.4

Software framework to support testing hardware

Generic Functionality used in the PLATO Common-EGSE

This package 'cgse-common' contains functionality that is used by all cgse sub-packages, but it is designed to be a stand-alone generic package that can be used in any other project.

Installation

Install the package using pip:

$ pip install cgse-common

Usage

All functionality resides in the package egse. As an example, if you need a standard way to format your timestamp, use the format_datetime() function from egse.system:

>>> from egse.system import format_datetime
>>> print(format_datetime())
2023-10-10T08:41:51.937+0000

Included Functionality

A non-comprehensive list of available functionality:

Functionality of General Use

• egse.bits: contains a number of convenience functions to work with bits, bytes and integers
• egse.decorators: a collection of useful decorator functions
• egse.reload: a slightly better approach to reloading modules and function than the standard importlib.reload() function.
• egse.resource: provides convenience functions to use resources in your code without the need to specify an absolute path
• egse.system: defines convenience functions that provide information on system specific functionality like, file system interactions, timing, operating system interactions, etc.
• egse.version: functionality to retrieve the package version information