PSLab-python

The Pocket Science Lab from FOSSASIA http://pslab.fossasia.org

This repository hosts the python library for communicating with PSLab. This can be installed on a linux pc/raspberry pi. With this, one can communicate with the hardware using simple python code.

The project is inspired from ExpEYES http://expeyes.in
FOSSASIA is supporting development and promotion of ExpEYES project since 2014 mainly through Google Summer of Code
The current work is a part of my GSoC-16 project

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Installation

To install PSLab on Debian based Gnu/Linux system, the following dependencies must be installed.

Dependencies

PyQt 4.7+, PySide, or PyQt5
python 2.6, 2.7, or 3.x
NumPy, Scipy
pyqt4-dev-tools For pyuic4
Pyqtgraph For Plotting library
pyopengl and qt-opengl For 3D graphics
iPython-qtconsole optional

Now clone both the repositories pslab-apps and pslab.

Libraries must be installed in any order

pslab-apps
pslab

Note If user is only interested in using PSLab as an acquisition device without a display/GUI, only one repository pslab needs to be installed

To install, cd into the directories

$ cd <SOURCE_DIR>

and run the following (for both the repos)

$ sudo make clean

$ sudo make

$ sudo make install

Now you are ready with the PSLab software on your machine :)

For the main GUI (Control panel), you can run Experiments from the terminal.

$ Experiments

Development Environment

To set up the development environment, install the packages mentioned in dependencies. For building GUI's Qt Designer is used.

Steps to build documentation

First install sphinx by running following command

pip install -U Sphinx

Then go to pslab/docs and run the following command

$ make html

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