gw-instek-asr-3000

A pure-Python driver for the GW Instek ASR-3000 series programmable AC/DC power source (ASR-3200, ASR-3300, ASR-3400, ASR-3400HF). The MVP communicates with the instrument over Ethernet using a raw TCP SCPI socket.

Unofficial project. This software is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any way connected to Good Will Instrument Co., Ltd. ("GW Instek"). It is an independent, community-written driver created by reverse-engineering the publicly available programming manual. "GW Instek" and "ASR" are trademarks of their respective owners and are used here only to identify the hardware this driver targets.

Features

• Zero runtime dependencies (stdlib socket only).
• Full SCPI command set from the ASR-3000 Programming Manual (Rev. E): IEEE 488.2 common commands, output, source, measure, system, status, sequence, simulation, data/trace, memory, input and display subsystems.
• Type-safe enums for enumerated parameters, with forgiving int / str / Enum input coercion.
• Binary arbitrary-waveform transfer (:DATA:TRACe:WAVe block data).
• Context-manager and connection management, with clear exception types.

Installation

pip install -e .          # development install
pip install -e ".[dev]"   # include pytest

Requires Python 3.10+.

Quick start

The ASR-3000 socket server port is fixed at 2268.

from gw_instek_asr import ASR3300, OutputMode, Waveform

with ASR3300("192.168.1.100") as asr:
    print(asr.identify())               # Identification(model='ASR-3300', ...)

    asr.mode(OutputMode.AC_INT)         # AC-INT output mode
    asr.waveform(Waveform.SIN)          # sine wave
    asr.voltage(230.0)                  # 230 Vrms
    asr.frequency(50.0)                 # 50 Hz
    asr.output_on()

    print("Vrms =", asr.voltage_rms())  # measured voltage
    print("Irms =", asr.current_rms())

ASR3000 (the series) and ASR3300 (the 3000 VA model) expose the same API.

API conventions

• Get/set pattern. A method sets when given a value and queries when called with no arguments:

  asr.voltage(120.0)     # :VOLTage 120.0
  asr.voltage()          # :VOLTage?  -> 120.0
  

• Enums. Enumerated parameters accept an enum member, an integer, or a mnemonic string and are returned as enum members:

  asr.mode("ACDC-INT") is OutputMode.ACDC_INT
  

• Booleans accept True/False, 1/0, or "ON"/"OFF".

• MIN/MAX. Numeric setters pass the mnemonics through:

  asr.voltage("MAX")
  

Raw command access

Anything not covered by a typed helper can be sent directly:

asr.write(":SOURce:VOLTage 120.0")
value = asr.query(":SOURce:VOLTage?")

Testing

The test suite uses an in-memory fake transport for command encoding plus a local TCP socket server to exercise the real transport end-to-end.

python -m pytest

Publishing to PyPI

Publishing is handled by .github/workflows/publish.yml, which builds the sdist/wheel, runs the test suite, and publishes to PyPI when you push a tag like v0.1.0 (or trigger the workflow manually). Configure one of:

• Trusted publishing (recommended): in PyPI → Publishing, add a trusted publisher for this repo (owner fuubox, repo gw-instek-asr-3000); no secrets required.
• API token: add a repository secret named PYPI_API_TOKEN and, in the workflow, pass password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }} to the pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish step.

License

Zero-Clause BSD (0BSD) — see LICENSE. Completely open source and free to use, modify, and redistribute, with or without fee, for any purpose. Attribution is appreciated but not required.