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@WilliamHPNielsen WilliamHPNielsen released this 28 May 09:34
v0.3.0
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Changelog for QCoDeS 0.3.0

The May 2019 release of QCoDeS contains a large backend re-structure of the Measurement.DataSaver logic
as well a handful of driver improvements and some new data saving functionalities.

New & Improved

  • New and Improved Drivers:

    • Alazar Cards:

      • All models; limit maximum buffer size as documented for AlazarBeforeAsyncRead (#1535)
      • All models; add api instance as initialization parameter (#1524)

    • Arbitraty Waveform Generators:

      • Keysight 33510B: add support for this specific model (#1544)
      • Zurich Instruments HDAWG8; Remove warning when taking snapshot of ZIHDAWG8 (#1561)

    • Lock-in Amplifiers:

      • Zurich Instruments UHF-LI; support all 8 oscillators with MF option (#1546)
      • Zurich Instruments UHF-LI; add parameter to UHFLI driver to select oscillator per demodulator (#1551)

    • Magnets:

      • American Magnetics AMI430; allow a broader range of field limit values (#1558)
      • American Magnetics AMI430; fix coil-constant related bug (#1527)

    • Multimeters:

      • Tektronix Keithley 6500; allow immediate triggering (#1576)
      • Tektronix Keithley 6500; fix invalid SCPI commands (#1541)

    • Source Meters:

      • Tektronix Keithley 2450; add brand new driver! (#1533, #1569)

    • Vector Generators:

      • Keysight E8267D; extend frequency modulation features (#1554)

    • Vector Network Analyzers:

      • Rohde&Schwarz ZNB; make initialization more fail-safe (#1564)

    • Others:

      • Mj2; allow higher gain (#1575)
      • Cryocon; allow the setting of the termination character (#1559)

  • Data Saving Features:

    • Allow arrays of different lengths to be stored together (#1477)
    • Allow complex numbers (#1484, #1489, #1493)
    • Infer the SQLite storage type of parameters (#1494)

  • Documentation:

    • Increase title consistency (#1553)

  • Database upgrades:

    • Schema version bumped to 5; snapshot column always present (#1562)

  • QCoDeS Workflow:

    • Extend QCoDeS-Station to be configurable through yaml file (#1560)

Breaking Changes

  • The DataSet no longer has an add_parameter method (#1547)

Miscellaneous

  • The python package dependencies have been updated (#1550)
  • Our copyright is up to date :) (#1552)
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