HYLOA

Simple program for an analysis of hysteresis loops.

Introduction

HYsteresis LOop Analyzer is a Python package that allows you to load, analyze and visualize hysteresis loops using a graphical interface.

Main features:

• Loading and managing experimental data files
• Visualization of hysteresis loops with interactive tools
• Correction and analysis of loops
• Wokrsheet for general purposes data analysis
• A simple code editor to write custom scripts for data analysis and visualization
• An integrated python shell

🔗 Complete documentation:
📚 ReadTheDocs - hyloa

Installation

HYLOA is distributed both with pip and with a wheel (.whl) through GitHub Releases.
The recommended installation method is different between Linux and Windows, but in both cases it is possible to use either method. The wheel installation allows to choose the version, and is recommended for Windows users, because it includes a simple installer script which is the setup.bat file; while the pip installation allows you to get the latest version directly from PyPI.

Linux

Obviously it is recomended to do this in a virtual environment to avoid conflicts with other packages.

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate 

Recommended method: pip installation

1. Open a terminal and run:

pip install hyloa

This will install the latest version of HYLOA from PyPI.

Alternative method: wheel installation

1. Go to the release page:

   https://github.com/Francesco-Zeno-Costanzo/hyloa/releases

2. Download the file:

   hyloa-<version>-py3-none-any.whl
   

3. Open a terminal in the folder where the wheel was downloaded.

4. Install HYLOA with:

python -m pip install hyloa-<version>-py3-none-any.whl

Windows (installation using setup.bat)

To make the installation process easier for Windows users, each release includes a simple installer script: setup.bat. You can use it to install HYLOA and create a desktop shortcut to launch the GUI. You only need to do the following:

1. Download from the release page:

   • hyloa-<version>-py3-none-any.whl
   • setup.bat

2. Double-click setup.bat

The script will:

• install HYLOA,
• create a desktop shortcut to launch the GUI.

Usage

To start the graphical interface on Linux, use the command:

hyloa

On Windows just use the desktop shortcut.