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qcodes_drivers

Getting started

  • Make sure that your Keysight PXIe AWGs and Digitizers have SD1 2.x firmwares.

  • Install QCoDeS.

  • Install plottr:

    pip install "plottr[PyQt5] @ git+https://github.com/toolsforexperiments/plottr.git"

    To use search_datadict, install our fork:

    pip install "plottr[PyQt5] @ git+https://github.com/qipe-nlab/plottr.git@search-datadict"

    until the pull request is merged.

  • Try this to test your installation:

    import qcodes as qc
from plottr.data.datadict_storage import DataDict, DDH5Writer, search_datadict
from qcodes.tests.instrument_mocks import DummyInstrument

basedir = "D:\\data-folder"
station = qc.Station()
station.add_component(DummyInstrument())
data = DataDict(x=dict(), y=dict(axes=["x"]))

with DDH5Writer(data, basedir, name="test") as writer:
    writer.backup_file(__file__)  # delete this line if you are in a Jupyter Notebook
    writer.add_tag("test_tag")
    writer.save_dict("station_snapshot.json", station.snapshot())
    writer.save_text("note.md", "this is a test")
    writer.add_data(x=[1, 2, 3, 4], y=[1, 2, 3, 4])

foldername, datadict = search_datadict(basedir, "2023-02-21", name="test", newest=True)  # use today's date
print(foldername, datadict["x"]["values"], datadict["y"]["values"])

  • Plot data using plottr (manual):

    plottr-monitr D:\data-folder

  • Install qcodes_drivers:

    pip install git+https://github.com/qipe-nlab/qcodes_drivers.git

  • For time-domain experiments, install sequence_parser

  • Try the examples

  • To use HVI_Trigger, there must be an AWG in slot #2 of the PXI chassis

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