Welcome to pyPicoSDK Documentation

Installation

Prerequisites

1. Go to PicoTech downloads picotech.com/downloads
2. Find your PicoScope in the list and click through
3. Download and install PicoSDK for your operating system

Via Pip

1. Install the package via pip pip install pypicosdk
2. In your main.py add import pypicosdk or import pypicosdk as psdk

Via GitHub (Inc examples)

1. Install github repository to folder git clone https://github.com/picotech/pyPicoSDK.git
2. In the root directory (where setup.py is) run pip install .
3. In your main.py add import pypicosdk or import pypicosdk as psdk

Python requirements

When installing pyPicoSDK, the following dependency is automatically installed:

• numpy

To run the provided examples, the following additional Python packages are required:

• matplotlib
• scipy
• numpy (installed automatically with pyPicoSDK)

To install the example depedancies use one of the following commands: pip install matplotlib scipy numpy or pip install -r requirements.txt

Quickstart

To test functionality of this library, copy and run the following python script:

import pypicosdk as psdk

scope = psdk.ps6000a()

scope.open_unit()
print(scope.get_unit_serial())
scope.close_unit()

The output should be similar to: JR001/001

Once tested, try an example script from github to get started.

Full getting started

For our full getting started guide, click here to go to our full knowledge base article.

Compatibility

Current PicoScope support:

• PicoScope 6000E (ps6000a drivers)
• PicoScope 3000E (psospa drivers)

Useful links and references

• Documentation & Reference
• GitHub Repo (with examples)
• pypi (src repo)
• pypi-nightly (dev repo)

Version Control

pyPicoSDK: 1.6.2

Docs: 0.4.0