Pulse Pal for Python 3¶

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Documentation Status

Unofficial port of Pulse Pal for Python 3

Free software: MIT license
Documentation: https://pulse-pal.readthedocs.io.

Features¶

Python 3 compatibility
Easy install through pip
Command-line interface
Limited support

Installation¶

pip install pulse_pal

Usage¶

Through python¶

from pulse_pal import PulsePal
myPulsePal = PulsePal()  # Create a new instance of a PulsePal object
myPulsePal.connect(serialPortName='COM10')  # Connect to PulsePal on port COM# (

Through console¶

See help:

pulse_pal --help

Set phase 1 voltage to 5:

pulse_pal --do set --port COM2 --param_name phase1Voltage --param_value 5

Trigger channel 1:

pulse_pal --do trigger --channel 1

Test your Pulse Pal connection¶

Easy (from console):

pulse_pal --do test

Low-level (from python):

def test_pulse_pal(serialPortName='COM10'):
    import serial,struct

    OpMenuByte = 213
    serialObject = serial.Serial(serialPortName, 115200, timeout=1)
    handshakeByteString = struct.pack('BB', OpMenuByte, 72)
    serialObject.write(handshakeByteString)
    Response=serialObject.read(5)
    print(len(Response))

test_pulse_pal('COM10')

See more examples in scripts.py