An open-source, vendor-agnostic Python library for interfacing with test equipment.
Quickstart
from instro.daq.drivers.labjack import LabJackTSeriesDriver
# from instro.daq.drivers.ni import NIDAQDriver
from instro.daq import InstroDAQ
from instro.daq.types import Direction
from instro.lib.publishers import FilePublisher
pub = FilePublisher(format="jsonl", directory="/tmp/instro/")
daq = InstroDAQ(
name = "myDAQ",
driver = LabJackTSeriesDriver(device_id="1234"),
publishers = [pub],
#driver = NIDAQDriver(device_id="Dev1") # swap drivers, same code
)
daq.open()
daq.configure_analog_channel(
direction=Direction.INPUT, physical_channel="AIN0", alias="ch_0", range_min=0, range_max=5
)
measurement = daq.read_analog() # written to `publishers`
print(pub.file_path.read_text())
Installation
Basic
uv add instro
|
pip install instro
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With Additional Packages
uv add "instro[all]"
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pip install "instro[all]"
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Available packages:
| Instrument Type | Package | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| All | all |
All drivers in this table |
| DAQ | daq |
All DAQ drivers |
nidaq |
NI DAQ package | |
mccdaq |
Measurement Computing (MCC) package | |
labjack |
LabJack package | |
| I2C | i2c |
All I2C packages |
aardvark |
TotalPhase Aardvark package | |
| EtherNet | ethernetip |
EtherNet/IP support |
| Other | contrib |
Community-contributed drivers |
unstable |
Experimental unstable modules |
See Installation for more info.
Supported devices
| Category | Class | Vendors |
|---|---|---|
| Power Supply | InstroPSU |
B&K Precision (9115, 914X), EA Elektro-Automatik (PSB 10000-series), Keysight (E36100-series), Rigol (DP800-series), Siglent (SPD3303), TDK Lambda (Genesys), simulated |
| Multimeter | InstroDMM |
Agilent 34401A, Keysight 34461A, Keithley 2400, Keithley 2750 (unstable), simulated |
| Arbitrary Waveform Generator | InstroAWG |
Keysight (33521B), Rigol (DG1022Z) |
| Electronic Load | InstroELoad |
B&K Precision (85xxB-series), EA Elektro-Automatik (PSB 10000-series) |
| Oscilloscope | InstroScope |
Keysight (1200X-series), Tektronix (2-series), Siglent (SDS1000X-E) |
| Flow Controller | InstroFlowController |
Alicat MC-series |
| DAQ | InstroDAQ |
Keysight 34980A, NI-DAQmx, LabJack T-series, MCC USB-series, DewesoftX (unstable) |
| I2C | I2CInterface |
Total Phase Aardvark |
| Modbus | ModbusDevice |
Any Modbus TCP / RTU device |
| Motor Controller | InstroMotorController |
VESC 6 over CAN via python-can (unstable) |
| EtherNet/IP | EtherNetIPDevice |
Allen-Bradley / CompactLogix-class PLCs |
See Supported devices for more info.
Contributing
To work on instro itself, clone and install with uv:
git clone https://github.com/nominal-io/instro.git
cd instro
uv sync
See Contributing for more info.
License
Apache License 2.0. Third-party dependency notices and proprietary vendor runtime requirements are documented in NOTICE.
1 maintainer
Metadata
1 maintainer
Release files for instro 1.21.0
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| instro-1.21.0-py3-none-any.whl | Python 3 | none | any | Details |
Total release size: 8.9 MB
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