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Overview

Wasatch.PY is a Python application-level driver for Wasatch Photonics spectrometers. It has been tested on Windows, Linux and MacOS platforms, and is directly used by Wasatch's own ENLIGHTEN™ spectroscopy desktop GUI.

If you'd like simpler, smaller examples of how to perform individual operations against Wasatch spectrometers from Python, please also see our Python Example Scripts repository.

History

This project started as a successor to the earlier WasatchUSB. The main difference is that while WasatchUSB was a one-time copy-pasta of legacy ENLIGHTEN classes, Wasatch.PY is an actively maintained and supported HAL (hardware abstraction layer) dependency of the current ENLIGHTEN application. As a result, when we add or update ENLIGHTEN features, Wasatch.PY is updated by necessity; making the same foundational interface available to all our users.

This shared library exemplifies one of our core values: we're all about dogfooding!

Finally, the updated project name reflects the fact that this is specifically a Python binding and implementation; for other USB-capable interfaces, see Wasatch.NET, Wasatch.VCPP and other software drivers!

API

Rendered API documentation for classes and methods is available here:

https://wasatchphotonics.com/api/Wasatch.PY/annotated.html

A significant portion of Wasatch.PY's command interface is exposed through key-value settings, originally provided to simplify multi-process applications and summarized here:

Key-Value Settings

PyPi

Looking for Wasatch.PY from pip (PyPi)? Look no further! The latest released version of Wasatch.PY can be loaded into your environment with a simple pip command:

$ pip install wasatch

Package info:

https://pypi.org/project/wasatch/

For more information about PyPi package management, see README_PYPI.

Dependencies

Wasatch.PY used to use the Python 3.x build of Miniconda for dependencies and package management. Increasingly however, we just use pip:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Running the Demo

Following are the general usage instructions for the included command-line demo scripts. After find specific Anaconda setup instructions for Windows, Linux, MacOS and other tested platforms.

mzieg-macbook.local [~/work/code/Wasatch.PY] mzieg  9:48PM $ conda activate wasatch3
(wasatch3) mzieg-macbook.local [~/work/code/Wasatch.PY] mzieg  9:49PM $ python -u demo.py --help

usage: demo.py [-h] [--log-level LOG_LEVEL]
			   [--integration-time-ms INTEGRATION_TIME_MS]
			   [--scans-to-average SCANS_TO_AVERAGE]
			   [--boxcar-half-width BOXCAR_HALF_WIDTH] [--delay-ms DELAY_MS]
			   [--outfile OUTFILE] [--max MAX] [--non-blocking] [--ascii-art]

Simple demo to acquire spectra from command-line interface

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --log-level LOG_LEVEL
						logging level [DEBUG,INFO,WARNING,ERROR,CRITICAL]
  --integration-time-ms INTEGRATION_TIME_MS
						integration time (ms, default 10)
  --scans-to-average SCANS_TO_AVERAGE
						scans to average (default 1)
  --boxcar-half-width BOXCAR_HALF_WIDTH
						boxcar half-width (default 0)
  --delay-ms DELAY_MS   delay between integrations (ms, default 1000)
  --outfile OUTFILE     output filename (e.g. path/to/spectra.csv)
  --max MAX             max spectra to acquire (default 0, unlimited)
  --non-blocking        non-blocking USB interface (WasatchDeviceWrapper
						instead of WasatchDevice)
  --ascii-art           graph spectra in ASCII

Microsoft Windows

The following session was run on Windows 10 using the Cmd shell of Git for Windows and Miniconda (Python 3.x):

C:\Users\mzieg>set PATH=%HOME%\miniconda3;%HOME%\miniconda3\scripts;%PATH%
C:\Users\mzieg>cd work\code\Wasatch.PY
C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY>conda update conda
C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY>cp environments\conda-win10.yml environment.yml
C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY>conda env create -n wasatch3
    Solving environment: done
    Preparing transaction: done
    Verifying transaction: done
    Executing transaction: done
    Requirement already satisfied: future==0.16.0 in c:\users\mzieg\miniconda3\envs\conda_enlighten\lib\site-packages (from -r C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY\condaenv.xq_jth.requirements.txt (line 1))
    Collecting pefile==2016.3.28 (from -r C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY\condaenv.xq_jth.requirements.txt (line 2))
    Requirement already satisfied: pygtail==0.7.0 in c:\users\mzieg\miniconda3\envs\conda_enlighten\lib\site-packages (from -r C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY\condaenv.xq_jth.requirements.txt (line 3))
    Requirement already satisfied: pyside==1.2.4 in c:\users\mzieg\miniconda3\envs\conda_enlighten\lib\site-packages (from -r C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY\condaenv.xq_jth.requirements.txt (line 4))
    Requirement already satisfied: pytest-capturelog==0.7 in c:\users\mzieg\miniconda3\envs\conda_enlighten\lib\site-packages (from -r C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY\condaenv.xq_jth.requirements.txt (line 5))
    Requirement already satisfied: pytest-qt==2.1.0 in c:\users\mzieg\miniconda3\envs\conda_enlighten\lib\site-packages (from -r C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY\condaenv.xq_jth.requirements.txt (line 6))
    Requirement already satisfied: pyusb==1.0.0 in c:\users\mzieg\miniconda3\envs\conda_enlighten\lib\site-packages (from -r C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY\condaenv.xq_jth.requirements.txt (line 7))
    Requirement already satisfied: requests==2.13.0 in c:\users\mzieg\miniconda3\envs\conda_enlighten\lib\site-packages (from -r C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY\condaenv.xq_jth.requirements.txt (line 8))
    Requirement already satisfied: py>=1.1.1 in c:\users\mzieg\miniconda3\envs\wasatch3\lib\site-packages (from pytest-capturelog==0.7->-r C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY\condaenv.xq_jth.requirements.txt (line 5))
    Requirement already satisfied: pytest>=2.7.0 in c:\users\mzieg\miniconda3\envs\wasatch3\lib\site-packages (from pytest-qt==2.1.0->-r C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY\condaenv.xq_jth.requirements.txt (line 6))
    Requirement already satisfied: colorama in c:\users\mzieg\miniconda3\envs\wasatch3\lib\site-packages (from pytest>=2.7.0->pytest-qt==2.1.0->-r C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY\condaenv.xq_jth.requirements.txt (line 6))
    Installing collected packages: pefile
      Found existing installation: pefile 2017.11.5
        Uninstalling pefile-2017.11.5:
          Successfully uninstalled pefile-2017.11.5
    Successfully installed pefile-2016.3.28

C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY>activate wasatch3

C:\Users\mzieg\work\code\Wasatch.PY>python demo.py --outfile data.csv --integration-time-ms 100 --delay-ms 500
2018-01-22 15:20:12,457 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO     reading EEPROM page 1
2018-01-22 15:20:12,473 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO     reading EEPROM page 0
2018-01-22 15:20:12,473 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO     reading EEPROM page 2
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO     reading EEPROM page 5
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO     EEPROM settings:
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Wavecal coeff0:   399.24130249
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Wavecal coeff1:   0.43601000309
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Wavecal coeff2:   -7.33139968361e-05
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Wavecal coeff3:   2.80489995674e-08
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Calibration date: 6/2
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Calibrated by:    NH
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Excitation (nm):  0
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Slit size (um):   50
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       degCToDAC coeff0: 6.30511975963e-10
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       degCToDAC coeff1: 1.68748300666e-07
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       degCToDAC coeff2: 0.10000000149
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       adcToDegC coeff0: 66.0
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       adcToDegC coeff1: -0.00999999977648
2018-01-22 15:20:12,490 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       adcToDegC coeff2: -9.99999974738e-05
2018-01-22 15:20:12,505 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Det temp min:     20
2018-01-22 15:20:12,505 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Det temp max:     10
2018-01-22 15:20:12,505 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       TEC R298:         0
2018-01-22 15:20:12,505 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       TEC beta:         0
2018-01-22 15:20:12,505 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Detector name:    S10141
2018-01-22 15:20:12,505 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Pixels:           1024
2018-01-22 15:20:12,505 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Pixel height:     1
2018-01-22 15:20:12,505 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Min integration:  1
2018-01-22 15:20:12,505 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Max integration:  60000
2018-01-22 15:20:12,505 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Bad Pixels:       []
2018-01-22 15:20:12,505 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Connected to 0x24aa:0x1000
2018-01-22 15:20:12,505 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Connected to feature identification device
2018-01-22 15:20:12,520 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Serial:   WP-00154
2018-01-22 15:20:12,520 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Firmware: 10.0.0.6
2018-01-22 15:20:12,520 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Int Time: 100
2018-01-22 15:20:12,520 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     FPGA:     026-007
2018-01-22 15:20:12,520 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Gain:     1.90234375
2018-01-22 15:20:12,520 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Model:    VIS
2018-01-22 15:20:12,520 MainProcess __main__ INFO     connect: device connected
2018-01-22 15:20:12,520 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Press Control-Break to interrupt...
2018-01-22 15:20:12,630 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    1  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   909.00  Max: 31491.00  Avg:  2097.14
2018-01-22 15:20:13,115 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    2  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   911.00  Max: 31394.00  Avg:  2097.02
2018-01-22 15:20:13,630 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    3  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   916.00  Max: 31253.00  Avg:  2097.88
2018-01-22 15:20:14,145 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    4  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   916.00  Max: 31432.00  Avg:  2098.49
2018-01-22 15:20:14,661 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    5  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   913.00  Max: 31460.00  Avg:  2097.57
^C

Z:\work\code\Wasatch.PY>head data.csv | cut -c1-50
time,temp,399.24,399.68,400.11,400.55,400.98,401.4  # header row + wavelengths
2018-01-22 15:20:12.630000,66.00,909.00,945.00,953
2018-01-22 15:20:13.115000,66.00,918.00,920.00,932
2018-01-22 15:20:13.630000,66.00,916.00,937.00,945
2018-01-22 15:20:14.146000,66.00,916.00,924.00,956
2018-01-22 15:20:14.661000,66.00,913.00,941.00,951

Raspberry Pi

A standalone Raspberry Pi "Quick Start" tutorial is available here:

README RPI

Linux

IMPORTANT: For Linux, you must copy the file udev/10-wasatch.rules from the Wasatch.PY distribution to /etc/udev/rules.d, then HUP udev or reboot. This will require root (sudo) privs, and is required to give userland applications access to USB devices matching Wasatch VID/PID.

The following was tested under Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-59-generic #80-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 6 17:47:47 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ conda update -q conda
$ ln -s environments/conda-linux.yml environment.yml
$ conda env create -n wasatch3
$ source activate wasatch3

(wasatch) ubuntu [~/work/code/Wasatch.PY] parallels 07:17 PM $ python demo.py
2018-01-22 19:17:12,041 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO     reading EEPROM page 1
2018-01-22 19:17:12,052 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO     reading EEPROM page 0
2018-01-22 19:17:12,061 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO     reading EEPROM page 2
2018-01-22 19:17:12,071 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO     reading EEPROM page 5
2018-01-22 19:17:12,081 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO     EEPROM settings:
2018-01-22 19:17:12,081 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Wavecal coeff0:   399.24130249
2018-01-22 19:17:12,082 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Wavecal coeff1:   0.43601000309
2018-01-22 19:17:12,082 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Wavecal coeff2:   -7.33139968361e-05
2018-01-22 19:17:12,082 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Wavecal coeff3:   2.80489995674e-08
2018-01-22 19:17:12,082 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Calibration date: 6/2
2018-01-22 19:17:12,083 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Calibrated by:    NH
2018-01-22 19:17:12,083 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Excitation (nm):  0
2018-01-22 19:17:12,083 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Slit size (um):   50
2018-01-22 19:17:12,083 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       degCToDAC coeff0: 6.30511975963e-10
2018-01-22 19:17:12,083 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       degCToDAC coeff1: 1.68748300666e-07
2018-01-22 19:17:12,083 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       degCToDAC coeff2: 0.10000000149
2018-01-22 19:17:12,083 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       adcToDegC coeff0: 66.0
2018-01-22 19:17:12,084 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       adcToDegC coeff1: -0.00999999977648
2018-01-22 19:17:12,084 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       adcToDegC coeff2: -9.99999974738e-05
2018-01-22 19:17:12,084 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Det temp min:     20
2018-01-22 19:17:12,084 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Det temp max:     10
2018-01-22 19:17:12,084 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       TEC R298:         0
2018-01-22 19:17:12,084 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       TEC beta:         0
2018-01-22 19:17:12,084 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Detector name:    S10141
2018-01-22 19:17:12,084 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Pixels:           1024
2018-01-22 19:17:12,085 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Pixel height:     1
2018-01-22 19:17:12,085 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Min integration:  1
2018-01-22 19:17:12,085 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Max integration:  60000
2018-01-22 19:17:12,085 MainProcess wasatch.fid_hardware INFO       Bad Pixels:       []
2018-01-22 19:17:12,085 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Connected to 0x24aa:0x1000
2018-01-22 19:17:12,085 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Connected to feature identification device
2018-01-22 19:17:12,112 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Serial:   WP-00154
2018-01-22 19:17:12,112 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Firmware: 10.0.0.6
2018-01-22 19:17:12,112 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Int Time: 0
2018-01-22 19:17:12,112 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     FPGA:     026-007
2018-01-22 19:17:12,113 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Gain:     1.90234375
2018-01-22 19:17:12,113 MainProcess wasatch.devices INFO     Model:    VIS
2018-01-22 19:17:12,113 MainProcess __main__ INFO     connect: device connected
2018-01-22 19:17:12,113 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Press Control-Break to interrupt...
2018-01-22 19:17:12,129 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    1  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   812.00  Max:  1333.00  Avg:   846.03
2018-01-22 19:17:13,136 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    2  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   819.00  Max:  3068.00  Avg:   900.29
2018-01-22 19:17:14,136 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    3  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   825.00  Max:  3043.00  Avg:   900.32
2018-01-22 19:17:15,138 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    4  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   821.00  Max:  3119.00  Avg:   901.80
2018-01-22 19:17:16,140 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    5  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   819.00  Max:   981.00  Avg:   844.84
^C

MacOS

The following was tested under MacOS 10.13.2 ("High Sierra"):

$ conda update -q conda
$ ln -s environments/conda-macos.yml environment.yml
$ conda env create -n wasatch3
	Solving environment: done
	Preparing transaction: done
	Verifying transaction: done
	Executing transaction: done
	Collecting future==0.16.0 (from -r /Users/mzieg/work/code/Wasatch.PY/condaenv.LqSNvr.requirements.txt (line 1))
	Collecting pygtail==0.7.0 (from -r /Users/mzieg/work/code/Wasatch.PY/condaenv.LqSNvr.requirements.txt (line 2))
	Collecting pyusb==1.0.0 (from -r /Users/mzieg/work/code/Wasatch.PY/condaenv.LqSNvr.requirements.txt (line 3))
	Collecting requests==2.13.0 (from -r /Users/mzieg/work/code/Wasatch.PY/condaenv.LqSNvr.requirements.txt (line 4))
	  Using cached requests-2.13.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
	Installing collected packages: future, pygtail, pyusb, requests
	Successfully installed future-0.16.0 pygtail-0.7.0 pyusb-1.0.0 requests-2.13.0
$ source activate wasatch
$ python demo.py --outfile spectra.csv
2018-01-22 16:45:10,611 MainProcess __main__ INFO     connect: device connected
2018-01-22 16:45:10,611 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Press Control-Break to interrupt...
2018-01-22 16:45:10,628 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    1  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   833.00  Max:  3888.00  Avg:   940.95
2018-01-22 16:45:11,631 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    2  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   829.00  Max:  3897.00  Avg:   940.13
2018-01-22 16:45:12,635 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    3  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   829.00  Max:  3909.00  Avg:   941.80
2018-01-22 16:45:13,637 MainProcess __main__ INFO     Reading:    4  Detector: 66.00 degC  Min:   829.00  Max:  3878.00  Avg:   940.21

Environment Variables

The following environment variables affect the operation of Wasatch.PY:

DISABLE_GEN15
- if defined, SpectrometerSettings.is_gen15() always returns False
SPI_PIN_READY
- if defined, remaps the FT232H pin for the SPI "DATA_READY" signal (default "D5")
SPI_PIN_TRIGGER
- if defined, remaps the FT232H pin for the SPI "TRIGGER" signal (default "D6")
SPI_BLOCK_SIZE
- if defined, set the number of bytes read in a block over USB during SPI acquisitions (default 256)
SPI_BAUD_MHZ
- if defined, set the SPI baud rate in MHz (default 10 MHz)

Common Errors

PyUSB usb.core error: No backend available (Windows)

I have seen this occur when the default device driver for 0x24aa:0x1000 had been switched for FX2 firmware updates. Solution was:

Device Manager -> Universal Serial Bus controllers -> Wasatch Photonics device -> Update Driver -> Browse My Computer -> Let Me Pick -> Wasatch Photonics Spectrometer

Spectrometer should then appear in Device Manager under "libusb-win32 devices"

LIBUSB error: No backend available (MacOS)

Using Homebrew, type:

$ brew install libusb

Backlog

update .inf files to deprecate "Stroker"

Version History

See Changelog

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