power-supply-manager 1.1.0

Power Supply Manager

Power Supply Manager

Description

Control multiple networked power supplies from the same graphical application. Features:

• Connect to multiple bench-top power supply units over Ethernet (VXI11 or LXI protocols)
• Four ways to control power output:
  • Individual channels
  • Group any combination of channels to power simultaneously
  • Define power on/off sequences with configurable time delays in between
  • Power all channels on/off simultaneously
• Real-time plots showing voltage and current measurements from each channel.
• Set voltage, current, over-voltage protection, over-current protection, and 4-wire control settings.
• Log voltage and current measurements to CSV files.
• Save and load multi-device configuration files to quickly restore settings.

Installation

Install from PyPI (recommended)

1. Install pip package:

pip install power-supply-manager

Make sure the pip installation directory is on your system PATH:

• Linux / MacOS: Typically $HOME/.local/bin, /usr/bin, or /usr/local/bin
• Windows: Typically <Python install dir>\Scripts or C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python<vers>\Scripts

2. Run application:

power-supply-manager

Install from GitLab

1. Install the repository:

git clone https://gitlab.com/d7406/power-supply-manager.git

2. Install Poetry
3. Setup virtual environment using Poetry:

poetry install

4. Run application:

poetry run python power_supply_manager/power_supply_manager.py

Contributing

We welcome contributions and suggestions to improve this application. Please submit an issue or merge request here

Authors and acknowledgment

DevBuildZero, LLC

License

This software is provided for free under the MIT open source license:

Copyright 2022 DevBuildZero, LLC

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