PyVISA: the Python instrumentation package
Hernán E. Grecco, Matthieu Dartiailh, Gregor Thalhammer, Torsten Bronger, Florian Bauer · The Journal of Open Source Software · 2023
Data-driven science requires reliable data generation, and in modern instrumentation software plays a central role to achieve this goal.Computer-controlled experiments allow for complex synchronization of sensors and actuators.Moreover, as it was already recognized decades ago, they enable on-line analysis routines to steer the experiment in real time (Enke, 1982).When combined with programming best practices, instrumentation software fosters reproducible, traceable, and open science.