[SciPy-Dev] mwavepy scikit

[Ralf Gommers]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 1:16 AM, alex arsenovic <aia8v at virginia.edu> wrote:

>  all,
>     thanks for the feedback. i have begun the move of mwavepy into a
> scikit called `scikit-rf`, with an import path of `skrf`, and short-hand
> import convention of `rf`. this seems to roughly follow the conventions of
> scikit-learn and scikit-image, and i think the names work well.
> i am  learning git it the process, and am starting to see why everyone
> enjoys it so much.
>
>  here are the relevant links
>
> git page
>     https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf
> home page
>     https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/wiki
> docs
>     http://packages.python.org/scikit-rf/#
>
> Looks good, I'll try it out when I get the chance.


>
> @Ralf,
>     i am unsure which program you are referring to (hard to tell from that
> page), but i think i understand generally what you want, perhaps a look at
> this page may be helpful.
>

The first entry (Smith-Chart Diagram) under "Particular Interests".


> http://packages.python.org/scikit-rf/examples/matching_single_stub.html
> if you want a graphical-aided solution this can probably be done with skrf
> as well, if you are still interested, you can send me an email with more
> details and ill take hack at it.
>     to respond to your request within a larger perspective, i have been
> thinking about making some specific application programs out of skrf, such
> as automated matching functions and the like. although skrf itself is meant
> to provide simple building blocks,  adding usable application examples may
> be useful.
>
> Automated matching, with options to make a trade-off between bandwidth and
number of components for example, would be quite useful I think. Graphical
aids are more complicated probably, but at least having functions to
compute stability, VSWR, etc. for a given network and then plot the
contours in a Smith chart wouldn't be hard I think.

Cheers,
Ralf

> thanks
>
> alex
>
>
> On 01/21/2012 07:11 AM, Ralf Gommers wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:32 AM, alex arsenovic <aia8v at virginia.edu>wrote:
>
>> hello, my name is alex arsenovic. i am the author of the python module
>> mwavepy, which is a package for RF/microwave engineering.
>>
>> homepage: http://code.google.com/p/mwavepy/
>> docs: http://packages.python.org/mwavepy/#
>>
>> it is my understanding that scipy doesnt currently have the
>> functionality provided by mwavepy, and it seems as though it would be a
>> valuable module to have,  similar to the rf-toolbox in matlab.
>>
>> i was entertaining the idea of making a sci-kit for mwavepy, and was
>> curious about the scipy-dev community's opinion on this. does a module
>> like this belong as a sci-kit? if so, i have numerous questions as to
>> what are the next steps.
>>
> Hi Alex, making your project a scikit seems like a good idea. I
> actually tried to use mwavepy about two years ago for some basic matching
> network design. Back then I ran into a number of issues and in the end gave
> up, but it looks like your project came a long way since then. Whether or
> not you make it a scikit, definitely move to github though! That would have
> made the difference for me in submitting a few patches instead of just
> hacking around the first issues I encountered.
>
> In the end I went back to using the free Dellsperger program (
> http://fritz.dellsperger.net/) plus LTSpice. The former has a nice GUI
> and some plotting options like stability and VSWR contours that are quite
> handy, so if you're taking feature requests consider this one:)
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf
>
>
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