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v0.30.1

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QCoDeS 0.30.1 (2021-12-03)

Relax type assertions for DataSet timestamps so that if in the database they are written as integers, as opposed to floats, a DataSet can still be loaded (#3644)

QCoDeS 0.30.0

25 Nov 13:42
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QCoDeS 0.30.0 (2021-11-23)
New:

  • A new DataSet type DataSetInMem has been added. This allows users to meassure without writing raw data to an sqlite database as well as to load netcdf files into a QCoDeS dataset. See here and here. (#3094)

  • Added function get_channel_by_name to ChannelList class to get or or more channels in a ChannelList by name. (#3431)

  • The changelog for upcoming changes in the next release is now automatically build from fragments as part of the documentation. (#3451)

Improved:

  • The QcoDeS monitor can now be launched directly from a console using by running qcodes-monitor(.exe) (#3475)

  • dond avoids setting setpoint parameters with values that are already set. This significantly improves the performance of the dond function in multi-dimensional measurements. (#3534)

  • doNd functions now manually wait the delay between setpoints instead of using parameters post_delay attribute. This change prevents unintentional slow downs in measurements when the step delay of a setpoint parameter is considerably lower than the delay between measurement step points that passed into doNd functions. (#3576)

  • It is now possible to configure the name of an exported files to include elements such as guid, sample_name and experiment_name. The default format has changed to include the captured_run_id and guid. (#3586)

Improved Drivers:

  • Tektronix AWG70000 add support for 70001B and 70002B models. (#3438)

  • Added support for flags (auxiliary outputs) for Tektronix AWG70000 sequences (#3450)

  • The Galil documentation is now correctly included in the QCoDeS docs (#3452)

  • Improved the drivers for Keysight N51x1 and N51x3 signal generators by:

    1. Adding explicit support for N5173B
    2. Fixing the power range of N5183B
    3. Fixing the frequency range options for N51x1 (#3555)

Under the hood:
*The QCoDeS changelog is now being build using towncrier. (#3397)

v0.30.0.dev0

25 Oct 09:08
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v0.30.0.dev0 Pre-release
Pre-release

A prerelease to test the automatic release

QCoDeS 0.29.1

07 Oct 12:20
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This is a patch release to support the latest version of OpenCensus
to help resolve issues where pip is unable to pick the correct set
of dependencies. (#3426)

Full Changelog: v0.29.0...v0.29.1

QCoDeS 0.29.0 - September 2021

22 Sep 12:37
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Changelog for QCoDeS 0.29.0

The September 2021 release of QCoDeS.

New:

  • Simultaneous ramping feature that enables you to sweep an AMI 3D magnet to (x,y,z) in
    time T or at vector ramp rate R, ramping all 3 axes together (in parallel) and
    making a linear/vector trajectory from current field to the setpoint
    in 3D magnetic field space. Please see updates to the AMI magnet driver example
    documentation. (#3233)
  • Galil DMC-41x3 stepper motor controller that can be used with Janis probes for
    moving the measurement arm. (#2626)

Improved:

  • Documentation: clarified contribution guides and contacts (#3375, #3370)
  • Raise ValueError if given more than one result for the same parameter name
    in DataSaver.add_result. (#3265)

Improved drivers:

  • Keithley 2600 SMU support to return both voltage and current compliance limit errors. (#3339, #3362)
  • Make SR86xBufferReadout parameter take kwargs and pass them to base class. (#3341)

Under the hood:

  • Logging update to explicitly set encoding for file handler thus
    preventing issues on systems with less widespread encodings. (#3327)
  • Add type packages discovered by mypy --install-types. (#3379)
  • Resolved uncertainties package issues. (#3334)
  • ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md updates for reporting a bug. (#3345)
  • Make it possible to manually trigger codeql, using codeql-analysis.yml
    recommended by github. (#3314, #3329)
  • Remove redundant filters from test runner. (#3295)

QCoDeS 0.29.0a1 - September 2021 (alpha release)

14 Sep 11:33
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Publishing an alpha release to perform tests before actual release comes out, especially of #3339.

QCoDeS 0.28.0 - August 2021

28 Aug 07:05
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Changelog for QCoDeS 0.28.0

The August 2021 release of QCoDeS.


Breaking Changes:

  • get_guids_from_multiple_run_ids accepts connection over dbpath in the function. (#3222)

New:

  • Use thread pool when acquiring parameters to save time on recreating threads, new ThreadPoolParamsCaller,
    use it in do1d, do2d, dond. (#3170)
  • QCoDeS has not the ability to set a default experiment in a Python session, and now, creating/ loading an experiment
    automatically sets that experiment as the default one. (#3214)
  • The dond function has gained the ability to produce multiple datasets when measuring multiple parameters. (#3186)
  • Make parameter registration on instrument part of parameter init. (#3191)
  • Add post sweep actions to doND sweeps. (#3283)
  • load experiment functions accept duplicated experiment name, and new_experiment warns if creates duplicated
    experiment. (#3296)

Improved:

  • Fix shapes of dond datasets with additional setpoints. (#3305)

Improved drivers:

  • Update voltage parameter for Keithley2600 SMU to be aware of measurement status. (#3251)

Under the hood:

  • Adding a Sphinx extension to document Parameter attributes. (#3224)
  • Work around legacy test issue with hf51.12.1 on conda forge. (#3278)
  • Make qcodes install mostly pep517/518 compliant. (#3288)
  • Log all installed packages. (#3289)
  • Remove pre-commit job from the repository in favor of pre-commit integration in the CI. (#3293, #3290)
  • Explicitly depend on setuptools. (#3294)

QCoDeS 0.27.0 - July 2021

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Changelog for QCoDeS 0.27.0

The July 2021 release of QCoDeS.


Breaking Changes:

  • DelegateInstrument takes parameters as an optional, keyworded input argument. Any arguments passed as positional arguments after this one will break with this change. (#3089)

New:

  • A generalized N-dimensional dond function has been created to work with sweep objects and measurement parameters. Currently available sweep objects are LinSweep and LogSweep that can be used for dond measurements. (#2990)
  • The default value for default_parameter_name in the Loop QCoDeS dataset changed from amplitude to None.
    The amplitude value interferes with datasets where one of the setpoint arrays is called amplitude. (#3095)
  • Abstract parameters has been added which allow one to create abstract instrument types that have parameters which can be overwritten in a subclass allowing the creation of instruments
    subclasses with a well-defined api. (#3125, #3217, #3197)
  • DataSetProtocol created to define the protocol that datasets must implement to be able to act as a storage device for the measurement class. (#3075, #3092)
  • Enable exporting complex numbers to netcdf. (#3126)

Improved:

  • DelegateInstrument can now support instrument channels. (#3089)
  • Decouple measurement name from dataset results table name to allow special characters in the measurement name. (#3185)
  • Update the get started document with installing and using spyder and jupyter. (#3179)
  • Add underlying_instrument property to _BaseParameter and use it in call_params_threaded instead of root_instrument. (3127)
  • Ensure that the per array metadata is also exported to dataarrays and not just datasets. (#3116)
  • Use threaded setting from config in doNd functions, and make process_params_meas public. (#3096)
  • Don't allow metadata tags that are not valid python identifiers (#3192)
  • Pulled out dataframe_to_csv into it's own submodule export_to_csv from the data_set submodule for easier reuse. (#3061)

Improved drivers:

  • Fix to Rohde & Schwarz ZNB driver for setting npts in CW mode. (#3168)
  • Update Keithley 2600 SMU current parameter to be aware of if current compliance is hit during measurement. (#3160)
  • Alazar ATS drivers: Fix buffer size for mode='TS' and buffers_per_acquisition > 1. (#3118)
  • New parameter complex_voltage has been added to the SR830 lockin amplifier. (#3078)

Under the hood:

  • Add logging to measurement runs in doNd functions (#3206)
  • Fix to speed up and properly set experiment in delegate device test (#3199)
  • Remove bare wait test due to random failures (#3198)
  • Revert checking of abstract parameters in post init due to unintended side effects (#3197)
  • Use public interface for instrument in parameters (#3187)
  • Fix numpy deprecation for ragged arrays (#3184)
  • Add documentation to explain automatic CI (#3169)
  • Give threads time to start in tests (#3167)
  • Minimum changes to allow type checking to pass with numpy 1.21 (#3150)
  • Add customDimensionsFilter to inject custom dim, and inject pythonExecutable (#3143)
  • Add export info metadata to dataset (#3135)
  • Pin typing packages the same way as other test dependancies do (#3123)
  • Do not preserve gh pages branch history significantly reducing the size of the full clone of the QCoDeS repository (#3122)
  • Add typing packages to conda CI (#3115)
  • Fix link to pyvisa intersphinx (#3106)
  • Compare shapes in RunDescriber equality method (#3105)
  • Fix invalid array syntax in json schema (#3097)

QCoDeS 0.26.0 - May 2021

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Changelog for QCoDeS 0.26.0

The May 2021 release of QCoDeS.


New:

  • DelegateInstrument and InstrumentGroup drivers (#2928, #3031)
  • Introducing merge_yaml function in Station and allow Station to load
    multiple config yaml files (#2936)
  • Keysight VNA P9374A driver (#3034)

Improved:

  • Ensure that plot dataset uses axis in the expected order (#3017)
  • Make doNd reset original post_delay values + fix to keyboard interrupt (#2996)
  • [Bug fix] Return parameter data with same type as before applying scale or
    offset (#2980)
  • Improved plotting of pre-shaped 2d data (#3024)
  • replace the use of Dict with Mapping for input args within instrument
    module (#3040)
  • Convert input arguments to Mapping in dataset module (#3051)
  • use nan + i*nan as placeholder for complex numbers (#3049)
  • Add information about name keyword argument of Measurement module in
    relevant docs (#3052)

Improved drivers:

  • Make wait times in blocking AMI430 field ramps adjustable (#3032)
  • Keithley 2600: 4 probe current sweep support (#3023)

Under the hood:

  • Add darker to precommit hooks (#2979)
  • tests: cleanup warning handling (#2834)
  • Fix NumpyJSONEncoder docstring (#2994)
  • remove scientific deps job (#3014)
  • upgrade precommit hooks to latest version (#3037)

QCoDeS 0.25.0 - April 2021

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Changelog for QCoDeS 0.25.0

The April 2021 release of QCoDeS.


Breaking Changes:

  • get_data_by_id no longer returns data for standalone parameters if there are no dependent parameters in the dataset. For the same reason plot_by_id and plot_dataset will no longer plot these standalone parameters. (#2918)
  • xarray exported data no longer exports extra metadata columns under the extra_metadata tag since the extra dictionary level prevents exporting to netcdf (#2934)

Deprecation:

  • get_data_by_id and get_shaped_data_by_runid are now deprecated. These functions now all have better alternatives in the build in get_parameter_data as well as Xarray and Pandas exporters. (#2921, #2925)

New:

  • SP983c Basel IV amplifier remote control driver (#2707)
  • Add support for Keysight 34411A (#2927)
  • Added the functionality of getting guids from multiple run ids and directly from database (#2930)
  • NumpyJSONEncoder: Add support for the uncertanties' UFloat type (#2933)
  • Add conversion between qcodes legacy DataSet and xarray format (#2938)

Improved:

  • plot_dataset: Improved performance by using in memory cache when possible to avoid reloading data from disk (#2918)
  • contribution guidelines: remove no longer relevant sections and make the sections on naming somewhat less strict (#2937)
  • remove double assignment of dataset variable in example notebook of Performing-measurements-using-qcodes-parameters-and-dataset (#2926)
  • Update old driver notebooks (Agilent 34400A) docs (#2377)
  • Update link from NI VISA to Keysight IO Libraries Suite on 'Getting Started' Doc (#2948)
  • Removed ZI UHFLI notebook (#2893)

Improved drivers:

  • Significant performance improvement in Tektronix5014 driver (#2910)
  • AMI430 3D driver: allow instantiating from names of existing AMI430 instances, next to from AMI430 instances only driver (#2949)
  • AMI430 3D driver: add docstring, extra test for initializing from AMI430 by name driver (#2951)
  • Driver sr830 update: Add ChannelTrace class and related parameter ch{ch}_datatrace which makes buffered acquisition easier.(#2894)

Under the hood:

  • Log sample_name, exp_name, dataset name when Measurement starts (#2952)
  • Move private dataset export functions to their own module (#2904)
  • Remove wait time test (#2935)
  • fix(logger): Disable conditionally start logging for Sphinx documentation (#2909)
  • Name legacy test datasets (#2950)
  • use python -m pip to upgrade pip in github actions (#2955)