bench.common module

class bench.common.Common(address: str | None = None, use_config_file=False, backend: str | None = None)

Bases: object

auto_connect = True

Automatically connect to hardware when running methods

property auto_reconnect

Automatically reconnect if connection dropped

backend = None

Override pyvisa backend string (e.g. “@sim”, “/path/to/dev.yaml@sim”). When set, takes precedence over use_py_resource_manager.

property config_file

config_locations = ['.', '/etc/']

Paths to search for config

connect()

disconnect()

query_error()

Queries for PXA error

Raises:

AttributeError – Error

use_config_file = False

Use config file to get address for instrument(s)

use_py_resource_manager = True

Use @py resource manager

bench.common.check_connected(func)

class bench.common.instrument(rm, address, auto_reconnect=True, use_py_resource_manager=True, backend=None)

Bases: object

Shim layer between pyvisa instrument class and pybench instruments

close()

query(cmd)

query_ascii_values(cmd, converter=None)

read_raw()

property read_termination

property timeout

write(cmd)

property write_termination