from qolab.hardware.basic import BasicInstrument from qolab.hardware.rf_generator import RFGenerator import serial import re class QOL_LMX2487(RFGenerator): """ QOL lab made RF generator based on TI LMX2487 chip. The communication with RF generator is done via nodeMCU controlling esp2866 chip. """ def __init__(self, *args, port='/dev/ttyUSB0', speed=115200, timeout=1, setToDefaults=False, **kwds): super().__init__(*args, **kwds) self.config['Device model'] = 'QOL made RF generator based on TI LMX2487 chip' self.port = port self.speed = speed self.timeout = timeout self.connection = serial.Serial( self.port, self.speed, timeout=self.timeout) self.log = [] self.logCapacity = 10 self._FreqFixed = None self.hopeFreeFreqJump = 100e3 # we break laser lock if Freq change is larger self.hopeFree = True if setToDefaults: self.sendSerialCmd("set_lmx2487_board_to_default_state()") def add2log(self, text): self.log.append(text) while len(self.log) > self.logCapacity: self.log.pop(0) def log2str(self, interval=None): strOut = "" for e in self.log: strOut += e return strOut def sendSerialCmd(self, cmd): self.connection.write(bytes(cmd+'\r','ascii')) if "3.4" == serial.__version__: # older version style resp = self.connection.read_until(terminator=b'> ') else: # new style after 20180616 resp = self.connection.read_until(expected=b'> ') resp = resp.decode('utf-8') self.add2log(resp) return resp @BasicInstrument.tsdb_append def setFreqFixed(self,freq): """ Will do incremental hope free tuning to desired frequency, if self.hopeFree is True. RF generator itself is fine, but our laser looses lock without it. """ finished = False while not finished: frNow = self.getFreqFixed() dF = freq-frNow if dF >= 0: dFSign = 1 else: dFSign = -1 dF = abs(dF) if dF <= self.hopeFreeFreqJump or not self.hopeFree: fr = freq finished = True else: fr = frNow + dFSign * self.hopeFreeFreqJump self._FreqFixed = fr cmd_str=f'setFreq({fr:.2f})' self.sendSerialCmd(cmd_str) @BasicInstrument.tsdb_append def getFreqFixed(self): # talking to hardware is slow, so we use cached value if we can if self._FreqFixed is None: resp = self.sendSerialCmd('getFreq()') m = re.search('[0-9.]+', resp) if m is not None: self._FreqFixed = float(m.group()) return self._FreqFixed if __name__ == '__main__': import platform if platform.system() == 'Linux': rfgen=QOL_LMX2487(port='/dev/ttyUSB0', speed=115200, timeout=1) else: rfgen=QOL_LMX2487(port='COM4', speed=115200, timeout=1) print("testing") print('------ Header start -------------') print(str.join('\n', rfgen.getHeader())) print('------ Header ends -------------')