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Device drivers

Device drivers are handled by the terapy.hardware package.

TeraPy comes with the following drivers:

AGUC8

  • Device: Newport Agilis AG-UC Motion Controller
  • Driver type: axes
  • Movement type: Position (um)
Properties Type Default Description
umperunit float 0.05 micrometer per device unit
stepsize int 50 number of units to move at a time (see AG-UC documentation for more infos)

PS10

  • Device: OWIS PS10 Motion Controller
  • Driver type: axes
  • Movement type: Position (ps)
Properties Type Default Description
psperunit float 1.0 picosecond per device unit

E3647A

  • Device: Agilent E3647A Power Supply
  • Driver type: axes
  • Movement type: Voltage (V)
Properties Type Default Description
       

ESP300

  • Device: Newport ESP300 Motion Controller
  • Driver type: axes
  • Movement type: Position (ps)
Properties Type Default Description
psperunit float 6.6713 picosecond per device unit

SMC100

  • Device: Newport SMC100 Motion Controller
  • Driver type: axes
  • Movement type: Position (ps)
Properties Type Default Description
psperunit float 6.6713 picosecond per device unit

HP34401A

  • Device: HP Agilent Multimeter 34401A
  • Driver type: input
  • Read quantities: Voltage (V)
Properties Type Default Description
holdoff float 0.0 time to wait before measurement (s)

ADWinLockIn

  • Device: ADwin data acquisition hardware
  • Driver type: input
  • Read quantities: X (V), Y (V), R (V), Phi (°), f (Hz)
Properties Type Default Description
signal      
PHI      
holdoff      
amplification      
inttime      
mode      
reftrigger      
CH1_f      
CH1_A      
CH2_f      
CH2_A      
flock      

OphirDevice

  • Device: Ophir USB interface adapter
  • Driver type: input
  • Read quantities: Voltage (V)
Properties Type Default Description
holdoff      
mode      
pulselength      
wavelength      
range      
MM_mode      
MM_samples      
frequency      

PXI5122

  • Device: National Instruments PXI-5122 DAQ card
  • Driver type: input
  • Read quantities: Voltage (V)
Properties Type Default Description
holdoff      
refpos      
records      
trig_delay      
trig_level      
trig_slope      
ch0_impedance      
ch0_range      
ch0_offset      
ch1_impedance      
ch1_range      
ch1_offset      
intmode      
inttime      
refmode      
CH1mode      
modlevel      
gatewidth      

PXI5122LockIn

  • Device: National Instruments PXI-5122 DAQ card - software lock-in amplifier
  • Driver type: input
  • Read quantities: X (V), Y (V), R (V), Phi (°), f (Hz)
Properties Type Default Description
signal      
PHI      
holdoff      
ch0_impedance      
ch0_filter      
ch0_range      
ch0_offset      
ch1_impedance      
ch1_filter      
ch1_range      
ch1_offset      
inttime      

SR830

  • Device: Stanford Research Systems SR830 Lock-In Amplifier
  • Driver type: input
  • Read quantities: X (V), Y (V), R (V), Phi (°)
Properties Type Default Description
holdoff float 0.0 Time to wait before measurement (s)
automatic bool False If True, set hold-off time from device time constant