Welcome to PyMoDAQ’s documentation!
PyMoDAQ is an open-source software, officially supported by the CNRS, to perform modular data acquisition with Python. It proposes a set of modules used to interface any kind of experiments. It simplifies the interaction with detector and actuator hardware to go straight to the data acquisition of interest.
French version here
Training
Note
Second edition of the PyMoDAQ’s Days: Paris 16/17 October 2023. Register on https://pymodaq-jt2022.sciencesconf.org/
Training session in Paris, France 18/19/20 October 2023
PyMoDAQ has two purposes:
First, to provide a complete interface to perform automated measurements or logging data without having to write a user/interface for each new experiment.
Second, to provide various tools (User interfaces, classes dedicated to specific tasks…) to easily build a Custom App
It is divided in two main components as shown on figure Fig. 2
The DashBoard and its control modules: DAQ Move and DAQ Viewer
Extensions such as the DAQ Scan or the DAQ Logger
The Control modules are interfacing real instruments using user written plugins. The complete list of available plugins is maintained on this GitHub repository and installabled using the Plugin Manager
Information
GitHub repo: https://github.com/PyMoDAQ
Documentation: http://pymodaq.cnrs.fr/
Scientific article on Review of Scientific Instruments journal
General public article on Scientia
List of available plugins
Video tutorials here
Mailing List: https://listes.services.cnrs.fr/wws/info/pymodaq
Credits
Based on the pyqtgraph
library : http://www.pyqtgraph.org by Luke Campagnola.
PyMoDAQ is written by Sébastien Weber: sebastien.weber@cemes.fr under a MIT license.
Contribution
If you want to contribute see this page: Contributing
They use it
See Who use it?
Citation
By using PyMoDAQ, you are being asked to cite the article published in Review of Scientific Instruments RSI 92, 045104 (2021) when publishing results obtained with the help of its interface. In that way, you’re also helping in its promotion and amelioration.
Changelog
Please see the changelog.
- 1. PyMoDAQ’s overview
- 2. What’s new in PyMoDAQ 4
- 3. User’s Guide
- 4. Developer’s Guide
- 5. Tutorials
- 5.1. Git/GitHub
- 5.2. How to modify existing PyMoDAQ’s code?
- 5.3. How to create a new plugin/package for PyMoDAQ?
- 5.4. Story of an instrument plugin development
- 5.4.1. The controller manual
- 5.4.2. The installer
- 5.4.3. The blue route: use the manufacturer GUI
- 5.4.4. A shortcut through an existing green route? Readily available PyMoDAQ instrument plugins
- 5.4.5. The gold route: control your device with a Python script
- 5.4.6. The green route: control your device with PyMoDAQ
- 5.4.7. Conclusion
- 5.5. How to contribute to PyMoDAQ’s documentation?
- 5.6. Updating your instrument plugin for PyMoDAQ 4
- 5.7. Tutorial On Data Manipulation and analysis
- 6. Who use it?
- 7. Glossary Terms
- 8. Library Reference
- Supported instruments
- PyMoDAQ Femto
- PyMoDAQ Plugins DAQmx