[SciPy-user] OT(?): Lab hardware interface

[Darren Dale]

On Tuesday 22 August 2006 11:21, Gary Pajer wrote:
> Soon I'm going to need to interface my experiment to my computer.
>
> Can any one suggest any python tools that might exist?  I've been
> googling for abour an hour, and haven't come up with anything.
>
>   I can't afford LabView at the moment, and besides, I've never used it
> so it doesn't have the advantage of familiarity.  I don't need a
> graphical environment.  At first the equipment will be very simple:  a
> couple of photodiodes, an A/D converter, perhaps a stepper motor controler.

I haven't worked with it, but you might look at TACO: http://www.esrf.fr/taco/