added early draft of the multimeter class and some readings for hp_34401 multimeter

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/qolab/hardware/multimeter/__init__.py b/qolab/hardware/multimeter/__init__.py
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+from qolab.hardware.scpi import SCPIinstr
+from qolab.hardware.basic import BasicInstrument
+
+class Multimeter(BasicInstrument):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
+        BasicInstrument.__init__(self, *args, **kwds)
+        self.config['Device type']='Multimeter'
+        self.config['FnamePrefix'] = 'Multimeter'
+        self.config['Device model'] = 'Generic Multimeter Without Hardware interface'
+        self.config['FnamePrefix'] = 'multimeter'
+        self.deviceProperties.update({})
+    # Minimal set of methods to be implemented.
+    pass
+
+class MultimeterSCPI(SCPIinstr, Multimeter):
+    """     
+    Do not instantiate directly, use
+    rm = pyvisa.ResourceManager()
+    MultimeterSCPI(rm.open_resource('TCPIP::192.168.0.2::INSTR'))
+    """
+    pass
+    def __init__(self, resource, *args, **kwds):
+        SCPIinstr.__init__(self, resource)
+        Multimeter.__init__(self, *args, **kwds)
+        self.config['DeviceId'] = str.strip(self.idn)
+
+from .hp_34401 import HP_34401
+
+
+