I remember it being serial... but I am not sure. We used NI DAQs. On 2014-03-02 4:48 AM, "Miguel Angel Marco" <[email protected]> wrote:
> What kind of interface is used by lab equipment to connect to the > computer? Is it some kind of serial port? Or each vendor has its own > interface? > > El domingo, 2 de marzo de 2014 05:44:58 UTC+1, Trevor Tomesh escribió: >> >> Hey Jason, >> >> Python also has a serial library, so we could certainly use that. >> >> As far as use-cases go, I see it being used to collect and analyse >> real-time data -- say, in a physics lab. As an undergrad student in physics >> I found myself having to write my own programs after collecting data in >> order to sort it and plot it -- generally, that meant having three >> different windows open to do pretty much one single thing. With this, the >> collecting, sorting and plotting needs are all rolled into one. To my >> knowledge there's really not anything like that out there -- despite what >> Stephen Wolfram wants you to believe. >> >> Trevor >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Jason B. Hill <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> There is a libarduino C library [1], among others, that could >>> potentially be used via Cython and modularized for Python (and subsequently >>> Sage) use. >>> >>> I'm not very experienced with Arduino or other microcontrollers, but I >>> do something similar (using existing/tested C libs in Cython for Python >>> module construction) on a daily basis for my job with SCSI enclosure >>> devices. That setup has turned out to work incredibly well. >>> >>> I'm not sure how useful controller boards are from within Sage. I'd >>> probably want to see some use cases. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Jason >>> >>> >>> [1]: https://code.google.com/p/libarduino/ >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Trevor Tomesh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Certainly, but the python crowd aren't exactly the most friendly to >>>> work with some of the time. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Miguel Angel Marco < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This sounds like an addition that could sure be useful for some uses >>>>> of sage. Although, i am surprised that such a thing does not exists >>>>> already >>>>> in the python ecosystem. Doesn't it makes much sense to build it as a >>>>> python module that could, then, be imported from sage? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "sage-gsoc" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-gsoc. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "sage-gsoc" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-gsoc. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jason B. Hill - Software Engineer >>> High Density Storage :: Silicon Graphics International (SGI) :: >>> www.sgi.com >>> [email protected] | http://www.jasonbhill.com | [email protected] >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "sage-gsoc" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-gsoc. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-gsoc" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-gsoc. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-gsoc" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-gsoc. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
