Microcalorimetry

Note

This software is in active and early development by the RF power calibrations service at NIST to support RF power calibrations and the development primary RF power standards. Expect breaking breaking changes as the software evolves. Instrument interfaces are added and tested as needed for the calibration service. Bugs may be present in the instrument interfaces that we are unaware of. Please exercise caution when using interfaces presented in this code.

This package provides a library of data acquisition and analysis tools for RF power calibrations using microcalorimeters. Included in this package is:

• A Python scripting API
• A User Inteface (CLI and GUI) for data acquisition and analysis.

This package is built using Rocky Mountain Ellipse (RME), a project to develop tools for digital traceability at NIST.

Please refer to the docs for detailed information on how to use the package.

Introduction

Install with pip or preffered package manager.

pip install microcalorimetry

CLI

The command line interface is can be accessed with the ucal command:

ucal --help

GUI

The GUI is launched via the command line interface

ucal gui

Python API

The Python API provides a functional interface for performing measurements and data analysis.

The microcalorimetry.measurements submodule provides an interface into RF sweep and DC sweep measurement procedures, as well as tools to parse the raw data.

import microcalorimetry.measurements.dcsweep as dcsweep
import microcalorimetry.measurements.rfsweep as rfsweep

Analysis functions that take in parsed data and generate new data sets with uncertainties (like the effective efficiency of power sensors) are provided in the microcalorimetry.analysis submodule.

import microcalorimetry.analysis as analysis

Configuration objects for measurements and analysis scripts are provided in a microcalorimetry.configs module.

import microcalorimetry.configs as configs

Mathematical operations compatable with (RMEMeas) objects are stored in the microcalorimetry.math submodule.

import microcalorimetry.math as mcmath

Authors

Contributors names and contact info

Daniel C. Gray, Zenn C. Roberts, Aaron M. Hagerstrom