Added Keysight E36313A Triple Output Programmable DC Power Supply

090018e7 · Peter Jansweijer · c3553f31 · 090018e7
Commit 090018e7 authored Apr 06, 2023 by Peter Jansweijer
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--- a/sw/lib/Keysight_E36313A.py
+++ b/sw/lib/Keysight_E36313A.py
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""
+Keysight E36313A Power Supply remote control
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Copyright (C) 2023 Peter Jansweijer, 'stolen' from Tjeerd Pinkert and freely
+    adjusted
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Usage:
+  Keysight_36313A.py <IP#>
+  Keysight_36313A.py -h | --help
+
+  IP          IP number of the Waveform Generator
+              (for example: 192.168.32.242 which is its DevNet IP number)
+
+Options:
+  -h --help   Show this screen.
+ 
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import scipy
+import struct
+import datetime
+import pdb
+
+#TJP: installed from web python-vxi Alex
+import vxi11
+
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+############################################################################
+
+
+###########################################################################
+def e36313A_init(pwr_sup):
+
+  """
+  Initialize the Power Supply for Channel 2, 12V output
+
+  pws_sup   -- instance of python-vxi connected to the Power Supply
+  """
+
+  # Configure Channel 2 for 12V output with 1A current limit
+    
+  pwr_sup.write("APPLy CH2, 12, 1.0")
+
+  return
+
+
+###########################################################################
+def e36313A_enable(pwr_sup, enable):
+
+  """
+  Yes/No enable the output of CHannel2
+
+  pws_sup   -- instance of python-vxi connected to the Power Supply
+  enable    -- Boolean
+  """
+
+  if (enable):
+    pwr_sup.write("OUTPut ON ,(@2)")
+  else :
+    pwr_sup.write("OUTPut OFF ,(@2)")
+
+  return
+
+
+############################################################################
+##
+## If run from commandline, we can test the library
+##
+"""
+Usage:
+  Keysight_36313A.py <IP#>
+  Keysight_36313A.py -h | --help
+
+  IP          IP number of the Waveform Generator
+              (for example: 192.168.32.137 which is its DevNet IP number)
+
+Options:
+  -h --help   Show this screen.
+
+"""
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import argparse
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("ip", help="IP-Number of the Waveform Generator")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    print ("Use E36313A IP address: " + str(args.ip))
+
+    pwr_sup =  vxi11.Instrument(args.ip)    
+    #pwr_sup =  vxi11.Instrument("192.168.32.234")
+    print(pwr_sup.ask("*IDN?"))
+    # Returns 'Keysight Technologies,E36313A,MY59001539,2.0.8-1.0.4-1.12'
+
+    e36313A_init(pwr_sup)
+
+    sys.exit()