qcodes-contrib-drivers

###################### QCoDeS contrib drivers ######################

This repository contains QCoDeS instrument drivers developed by members of the QCoDeS community. These drivers are not supported by the QCoDeS developers but instead supported on a best effort basis by the developers of the individual drivers.

Default branch is now main ##########################

The default branch in qcodes_contrib_drivers has been remamed to main. If you are working with a local clone of qcodes_contrib_drivers you should update it as follows.

• Run git fetch origin and git checkout main
• Run git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main to update your HEAD reference.

Getting started ###############

Prerequisites

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The drivers in this repository work with and heavily depend on QCoDeS. Start by installing QCoDeS <https://github.com/QCoDeS/Qcodes>_ .

Installation

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Install the contrib drivers with pip

.. code-block::

pip install qcodes_contrib_drivers

Drivers documentation

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The documentations of the drivers in this repository can be read here <https://qcodes.github.io/Qcodes_contrib_drivers>_.

Contributing ############

This repository is open for contribution of new drivers, as well as improvements to existing drivers. Each driver should contain an implementation of the driver and a Jupyter notebook showing how the driver should be used. In addition we strongly encourage writing tests for the drivers. An introduction for writing tests with PyVISA-sim can be found in the QCoDeS documentation linked below.

Drivers are expected to be added to qcodes_contrib_drivers/drivers/MakerOfInstrument/ folder while examples should be added to the docs/examples folder and tests placed in the qcodes_contrib_drivers/tests/MakerOfInstrument folder. Please follow naming conventions for consistency.

For general information about writing drivers and how to write tests refer to the QCoDeS documentation <http://microsoft.github.io/Qcodes/>_. Especially the examples here <https://microsoft.github.io/Qcodes/examples/index.html#writing-drivers>__ are useful.

LICENSE #######

QCoDeS-Contrib-drivers is licensed under the MIT license except the Tektronix AWG520 and Tektronix Keithley 2700 drivers which are licensed under the GPL 2 or later License.