[SciPy-Dev] scikit for virtual instruments?

[alex arsenovic]

i was considering creating a scikit to provide a library of virtual 
instruments.

scikit-vi? import skvi?

my needs are solely for  VISA/GPIB vi's  using pyvisa, but the project 
could support other interfaces as well. perhaps it would provide  
instances of VI's for specific applications (Voltmeter, Ohmeter, etc) as 
well as general instruments (Keithely2000).

although i dont have a large library of VI's, or plan to write them, i 
have seen the writing of VI's is  being re-done constantly. i think a 
centralized effort would save a lot of wasted time, as well as provide 
more robust code.

the only existing solution to this that i am aware of is pythics, which 
i have used and i think its great, but it has a larger-than-necessary 
scope. a simple project, just for python VI's on Github would be the 
easiest for people to contribute to (in my opinion) and ease of 
contribution is necessary for a  project such as this.


any thoughts?

alex