https://github.com/richmit/mrscpi

SCPI Programming Tool
https://github.com/richmit/mrscpi

gpib oscilloscope rigol scpi scpi-instruments siglent tektronix test-equipment

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SCPI Programming Tool

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/richmit/mrscpi
• Owner: richmit
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2023-04-07T20:08:44.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-04-08T02:15:49.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-11-18T15:25:23.550Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: gpib, oscilloscope, rigol, scpi, scpi-instruments, siglent, tektronix, test-equipment
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage:
• Size: 14 MB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.org
  • License: LICENSE.TXT

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README

        
=mrSCPI= is a software tool for controlling programmable test equipment; however, I think of =mrSCPI= as more of a test bench productivity tool.

From a software/hardware architectural perspective, programmable test equipment is designed in such a way so as to make very complex test automation possible.

Systems designed from the ground up to support very complex use cases frequently overly complicate things for people with simple use cases. Larry Wall

captured the phenomenon quite clearly when he said:

#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE

               Perl makes easy things easy and hard things possible. 

               Professional programming languages tend to make all things equally difficult.

#+END_EXAMPLE

=mrSCPI= aims to make it possible to easily integrate test equipment automation into *my* day to day bench workflow.  The goal is to make it so easy that I

use it even for the hundreds of tiny, repetitive tasks I preform at the bench.

If you are wondering if =mrSCPI= is for you, that emphasized "*my*" is a warning!  =mrSCPI= is very much designed around my personal workflow and

tool preferences.  I very much like command line tools with UNIX'ish interfaces.  If this sounds like you, then =mrSCPI= might be for you.  OTOH, if you

were looking for a nice GUI to control your equipment, then you will most likely be quite disappointed with =mrSCPI=.

Lastly, =mrSCPI= is simple to set-up so I can run it anyplace.  It has no dependencies beyond a standard Ruby install.  No drivers.  No modules.  No

packages.  No PIPs. No GEMs.  Nothing to compile. Just a single script -- yes, the library and the executable are the *same file*!

Links:

  - Documentation: https://richmit.github.io/mrSCPI/

  - Additional examples: https://github.com/richmit/TestEquipmentScripts

  - Github repo:: https://github.com/richmit/mrSCPI