| ImpedSpec | | | | A Graphical User Interface for Impedance Spectroscopy using | | Keysight 4294A | | | | (Version 3.1, October 2016) | | | | Copyright (C) 2018 G. L. Rech and C. A. Perottoni | | |
ImpedSpec is a graphical user interface to control of instrument, acquisition and processing of impedance spectra from dielectric materials and electric circuits.
This program is a free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this library. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Publications reporting results obtained using ImpedSpec should make appropriate citation to the software and papers that describe it.
ImpedSpec
In this directory you will find the following files:
script.py ---> The main python script. To run the software, you should run run this file using: python script.py
interdace-ui.py ---> This is the user interface python file. This file is automatically generated from the .ui file using pyuic4.
InterfaceImpedSpec.ui ---> Qt file containing the user interface as developed using QtDesigner.
sample*.txt ---> Example files from analysis performed using ImpedSpec. This files can be visualized in the software Through File>Import Data.
LICENSE ---> Copy of the GNU General Public License, Version 3
DEPENDENCIES
Notice that you should have the drivers of the equipment correctly installed on your machine for the software to recognize it. Check the equipment support page at Keysight website for the latest driver available.
Some python packages are needed (in addition to Numpy and matplotlib). You can get them by running
pip install astropy docutils pyvisa pyvisa-sim
You should have Qt installed in your machine. Also, PyQt is needed. You can install it through
sudo dnf install pyqt4-devel
If you are having any trouble related to the matplotlib backend, try to run
sudo dnf install python-matplotlib-qt
RUNNING THE SOFTWARE
Once the dependencies are satisfied, the GUI can be excecuted using the command prompt in the program folder :
python script.py
MODIFYING THE SOFTWARE
If you wish to modify the software, you can do it by modyfing the script.py file and by modifying the user interface. The GUI file (InterfaceImpedSpec.ui) can be eddited using QtDesigner. In fedora you can get it by running
sudo dnf install qt-devel qt-creator
After any modification in the GUI, you should create a new python interface file. You can do it with pyuic4 (included with pyqt)
pyuic4 InterfaceImpedSpec.ui -o interface_ui.py