[Scilab-users] Anyone controlled a scope or similar instrument?

[Gary Nelson]

This is a great question and one I also share.

I am shopping for an ADC module and find the USB versions offer a Matlab driver.

Do we have the means to talk to a matlab driver for a piece of lab equipment?




Gary Nelson
porpoiseseeker at gmail.com



On Apr 15, 2013, at 4:08 AM, sgougeon at free.fr wrote:

> ----- Mail original -----
>> De: "Michael Dunn" <michael.dunn at ubm.com>
>> Envoyé: Lundi 15 Avril 2013 04:03:54
>> Objet: [Scilab-users] Anyone controlled a scope or similar instrument?
>> 
>> I see there's an ATOMS category for instrument control, though it all looks like low-level stuff. 
>> Has anyone actually talked to a scope or similar device? I'd love to automate capture transfer. 
>> 
>> Python has PyVISA, so that might be the simplest route. Maybe even as an intermediary between 
>> SciLab & the instrument??? 
> 
> Here is an example for an oscilloscope:
> http://fileexchange.scilab.org/toolboxes/234000
> 
> Other examples (function generators, etc):
> http://fileexchange.scilab.org/categories/instruments_control
> 
> Anyway, you will have to write a Scilab driver for each instrument,
> since the manufacturer will unlikely provide it, except the protocol.
> 
> Then, please just post your driver on FileExchange, in order to increase
> the public database :-)
> 
> Regards
> Samuel
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