instro#

An open-source, vendor-agnostic Python library for interfacing with test equipment.

from instro.daq.drivers.labjack import LabJackTSeriesDriver
# from instro.daq.drivers.ni import NIDAQDriver
from instro.daq import InstroDAQ

daq = InstroDAQ(
  name    = "myDAQ",
  driver  = LabJackTSeriesDriver(device_id="1234")
  #driver = NIDAQDriver(device_id="Dev1") # swap drivers, same code
  )
daq.open()
daq.configure_voltage_input(
    physical_channel="AIN0", alias="ch_0", range_min=0, range_max=5
)
measurement = daq.read_analog()

Purpose#

The python ecosystem for test and measurement is fragmented and redundant. instro is an open-source Python library for interacting with test equipment from one unified, typed API. It provides virtual instruments that are vendor-agnostic. Instro instruments use Publishers to automatically stream data to a file, Nominal, or a destination of your own.

Let’s go#

Supported Instruments

Instruments

Quickstart

Installation

Examples