[vox] BayPIGgies meeting Thursday, August 26, 2010: Instrumentation with Python

jim jim at well.com
Tue Aug 24 07:43:19 PDT 2010


BayPIGgies meeting Thursday, August 26, 2010: Instrumentation with
Python 


Tonight's talk is Instrumentation with Python 
by Keith Dart 


Meetings usually start with a Newbie Nugget, a short discussion of 
an essential Python feature, especially for those new to Python. 
Tonight's Newbie Nugget: defaultdict from the Python High-performance 
container datatypes, by Glen Jarvis 


LOCATION 
Symantec Corporation
Symantec Vcafe
350 Ellis Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&ei=w6i_Sfr6MZmQsQOzlv0v&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=116202735295394761637.00046550c09ff3d96bff1&ll=37.397693,-122.053707&spn=0.002902,0.004828&z=18

BayPIGgies meeting information is available at 
http://www.baypiggies.net/ 


------------------------ Agenda ------------------------


..... 7:30 PM ...........................
General hubbub, inventory end-of-meeting announcements, any 
first-minute announcements. 


..... 7:35 PM to 7:40 PM ................
Tonight's Newbie Nugget: defaultdict from the Python High-performance 
container datatypes, by Glen Jarvis 


..... 7:40 PM to 8:40 PM (or so) ................

Instrumentation with Python 
by Keith Dart 

This talk overs the use of Python in test and measurement using the
open-source code base "powerdroid" for illustration. This includes
instrument control by IEEE-488 bus and software interfaces and 
includes numpy array usage and matplotlib usage.


..... 8:40 PM to 9:30 PM  ................
Mapping and Random Access

Mapping is a rapid-fire audience announcement of issues, hiring, 
events, and other topics. 

Random Access follows people immediately to allow follow up on the 
announcements and other interests.




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