Verdant Shores 🏞️

This repo includes data for the data acquisition system for the 40-foot radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory. This software is part of the ERIRA program. The DAQ itself is the Python application Threepio, in the subdirectory of the same name; the other directories include relevant data and information from the larger instrumentation upgrade project.

Threepio

Dependencies

Threepio uses PyQt5 for GUI and pySerial for communication to the data collection hardware (DataQ)

Setting Up

Clone the repo and cd into it

$ git clone https://github.com/radiolevity/verdant-shores.git
$ cd verdant-shores/threepio/

Threepio requires Python 3.7; we strongly recommend using a virtual environment, such as through pipenv

$ pipenv install

Activate the virtual environment

$ pipenv shell

Check that the python version is correct (any 3.7.x is fine)

$ python --version
Python 3.7.8

Run

$ python threepio.py

DataQ Resources

Example Python Programs from DataQ

• DataQ Starter Kit GitHub link

• Simple file Github link

Other References

• The DataQ device is in CDC mode (LED blinking yellow).

  • Change to CDC

• A short introduction to pySerial