windfreak-plus

This is a fork of windfreak by Christian Hahn. This fork introduces the following new features and modifications:

• New Feature 1: New supported device model - SynthNV PRO.
• New Feature 2: SerialDevice dev_clear() method to reset input and output buffers.
• Fixed typos: Minor typos fixed (e.g., 'mhz' to 'MHz')

Abstract

windfreak-plus is a pure Python package to facilitate the use of Windfreak Technologies devices.

windfreak-plus requires Python 3.

windfreak-plus is MIT licensed.

Supported devices

• SynthHD v1.4
• SynthHD PRO v1.4
• SynthHD v2
• SynthHD PRO v2
• [NEW!] SynthNV PRO

Installation

Using pip:

python -m pip install [--user] git+https://github.com/SQLim/windfreak-python.git

Using setup.py:

git clone https://github.com/SQLim/windfreak-python.git
cd windfreak-python
python setup.py install

Example

SynthNV PRO

from windfreak_plus import SynthNVPro

synth = SynthNVPro('COM4') # Windows 
synth.init()

# Set RFout power and frequency
synth.power = -10.
synth.frequency = 2.e9

# Enable RFout
synth.enable = True

# Get device temperature
synth.temperature # returns float [e.g., 31.0]

# Check if RFout in enabled
synth.enable      # returns bool [e.g., False]

SynthHD

from windfreak_plus import SynthHD

synth = SynthHD('/dev/ttyACM0') # Linux 
synth.init()

# Set channel 0 power and frequency
synth[0].power = -10.
synth[0].frequency = 2.e9

# Enable channel 0
synth[0].enable = True

License

windfreak-plus is covered under the MIT license.