Category Archives: software

Python Instrument Control

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 »

Convert Text With Pandoc

Pandoc describes itself as the swiss army knife of text conversion. Use it to convert text from one format to another. Find your system here to download the correct version. You can find installer binaries for Windows and Mac at the bottom of the list of changes in this release. Or for the lazy, you… Read More »

Layout Design Software

I spend quite a bit of time designing, viewing and reviewing 2d layout designs for lithographic masks. When I first started I found it difficult to navigate the many different layout design software packages available, so I’ve put together this list of some of the electronic circuit and mask layout design software I’m familiar with.… Read More »