Desktop App for Transient Absorption Spectroscopy Systems

Requirements

• python 3.8 or higher
• poetry
• git

Installation

Fork or clone the repository and enter the root directory

git clone https://github.com/<username>/pyta.git
cd pyta

Install the virtual environment and project

poetry install

Launch the application

poetry run pyta

Updating

Local changes are required to run the application, therefore updates should be obtained by stashing local changes

git stash
git pull
git stash pop

or working on a branch

git checkout -b "my-local-branch"
git merge main

Connecting Hardware

Abstract base classes are provided for cameras and delay generators (mechanical or digital).

To connect existing hardware to the application, new classes should be created that inherit from these bases and implement all abstract methods as appropriate. An example is provided for Stresing s7030 cameras. Once the classes have been written, they can be used in the application by amending the relevant imports. For example, a custom delay stage could be imported as

from pyta.delay.my_custom_delay import MyCustomDelay as Delay