Welcome to pyPicoSDK Documentation
Installation
Prerequisites
- Go to PicoTech downloads picotech.com/downloads
- Find your PicoScope in the list and click through
- Download and install PicoSDK for your operating system
Via Pip
- Install the package via pip
pip install pypicosdk - In your
main.pyaddimport pypicosdkorimport pypicosdk as psdk
Via GitHub (Inc examples)
- Install github repository to folder
git clone https://github.com/picotech/pyPicoSDK.git - In the root directory (where setup.py is) run
pip install . - In your
main.pyaddimport pypicosdkorimport pypicosdk as psdk
Python requirements
When installing pyPicoSDK, the following dependency is automatically installed:
- numpy
To run the provided examples, the following additional Python packages are required:
- matplotlib
- scipy
- numpy (installed automatically with pyPicoSDK)
To install the example depedancies use one of the following commands:
pip install matplotlib scipy numpy
or
pip install -r requirements.txt
Quickstart
To test functionality of this library, copy and run the following python script:
import pypicosdk as psdk
scope = psdk.ps6000a()
scope.open_unit()
print(scope.get_unit_serial())
scope.close_unit()
The output should be similar to:
JR001/001
Once tested, try an example script from github to get started.
Full getting started
For our full getting started guide, click here to go to our full knowledge base article.
Issues
For details on raising an issue, find information here: Issue documentation
Compatibility
Current PicoScope support:
- PicoScope 6000E (ps6000a drivers)
- PicoScope 3000E (psospa drivers)
- PicoScope 5000E (psospa drivers)
- PicoScope 5000D (ps5000a drivers)
Useful links and references
Version Control
pyPicoSDK: 1.7.5
Docs: 0.4.2
1 maintainer
Metadata
1 maintainer
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