ggplot for Python The ggplot library for python unlocks much of the philosophy and pretty graphics of ggplot2 for R. Try it out and make your data look nicer. Bringing ggplot to Python One of the ‘killer apps’ of the statistics package R is ggplot2, a plotting library based on the book The Grammar of… Read More »
Python Pandas for Physics The Pandas package brings advanced data structures and data analysis tools to python. It was initially concieved for use in the world of finance, but can it be of any use to us interested in physics? For some time I’ve been trying to get to the stage that I can use… Read More »
How to Plot Polygons In Python This post shows you how to plot polygons in Python. When you’re working with polygons it can be useful to be able to plot them – perhaps to check that your operation has worked as expected, or to display a final result. The process to plot polygons in python… Read More »
Convert From GDS to LinearRing GDS is a common format for electronic circuit designs, MEMS and other technologies. At the moment I’m working on a project to convert from gds to a format for electron beam lithography. Whilst it might be possible to work directly with the gds files themselves, it made much more sense… Read More »
Python is becoming more established for scientific data analysis and processing, but what python instrument control options are there? For me the benchmark instrument control software has to be LabView. It’s incredibly expensive and certainly has it’s quirks, but I’ve found that it can often make interfacing with hardware relatively painless. I’ve recently been exploring… Read More »