Pulsar
The Pulsar driver is separated into three layers:
QCoDeS driver: Instrument driver based on QCoDeS and the instrument’s native interface.
Native interface: Instrument API that provides control over the instrument and is an extension of the the SCPI interface.
SCPI interface: Instrument API based on the SCPI standard which in turn is based on IEEE488.2.
QCoDeS driver
- class qblox_instruments.Pulsar(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]
Bases:
qblox_instruments.native.pulsar.Pulsar
,qcodes.instrument.base.Instrument
This class connects QCoDeS to the Pulsar native interface.
- __init__(name: str, identifier: Optional[str] = None, port: Optional[int] = None, debug: Optional[int] = None, dummy_type: Optional[qblox_instruments.types.PulsarType] = None)[source]
Creates Pulsar QCoDeS class and adds all relevant instrument parameters. These instrument parameters call the associated methods provided by the native interface.
- Parameters
name (str) – Instrument name.
identifier (Optional[str]) – Instrument identifier. See
resolve()
. If None, the instrument is identified by name.port (Optional[int]) – Override for the TCP port through which we should connect.
debug (Optional[int]) – Debug level (0 | None = normal, 1 = no version check, >1 = no version or error checking).
dummy_type (Optional[PulsarType]) – Configure as dummy module of specified type.
- property sequencers: List
Get list of sequencers submodules.
- Returns
List of sequencer submodules.
- Return type
QCoDeS instrument parameters
QCoDeS parameters generated by Pulsar
.
The parameters are dscribed in QCM-QRM.
Native interface
- class qblox_instruments.native.Pulsar(identifier: str, port: Optional[int] = None, debug: Optional[int] = None, dummy_type: Optional[qblox_instruments.types.PulsarType] = None)[source]
Bases:
object
Class that provides the native API for the Pulsar. It provides methods to control all functions and features provided by the Pulsar, like sequencer, waveform and acquistion handling.
This class is build upon the
PulsarQcm
andPulsarQrm
classes through composition. This allows us to create a generic native Pulsar class that supports both Pulsar types, but only exposes the relevant interfaces, while also keeping the SCPI classes automatically generated for fast prototyping and development. On instantiation, this class probes the connected device to see which Pulsar SCPI interface to support and adds all respective attributes to this class. Afterwards, this class can be used as if it inherits from it’s respective Pulsar SCPI interface with all features and functionality available.Note that the bulk of the functionality of this class is contained in the
generic_func
module so that this functionality can be shared between instruments.- __init__(identifier: str, port: Optional[int] = None, debug: Optional[int] = None, dummy_type: Optional[qblox_instruments.types.PulsarType] = None)[source]
Creates Pulsar native interface object.
- Parameters
identifier (str) – Instrument identifier. See
resolve()
for more information.port (Optional[int]) – Instrument port. If None, this will be determined automatically.
debug (Optional[int]) – Debug level (0 | None = normal, 1 = no version check, >1 = no version or error checking).
dummy_type (Optional[PulsarType]) – Configure as dummy module of specified type.
- Raises
RuntimeError – Instrument cannot be reached due to invalid IP configuration.
ConnectionError – Instrument type is not supported.
- property instrument_class: qblox_instruments.types.InstrumentClass
Get instrument class (e.g. Pulsar, Cluster).
- Returns
Instrument class
- Return type
- property instrument_type: qblox_instruments.types.InstrumentType
Get instrument type (e.g. QRM, QCM).
- Returns
Instrument type
- Return type
- property is_qcm_type: bool
Return if module is of type QCM.
- Returns
True if module is of type QCM.
- Return type
- property is_qrm_type: bool
Return if module is of type QRM.
- Returns
True if module is of type QRM.
- Return type
- property is_rf_type: bool
Return if module is of type QCM-RF or QRM-RF.
- Returns
True if module is of type QCM-RF or QRM-RF.
- Return type
- get_idn() Dict [source]
Get device identity and build information and convert them to a dictionary.
- Returns
Dictionary containing manufacturer, model, serial number and build information. The build information is subdivided into FPGA firmware, kernel module software, application software and driver software build information. Each of those consist of the version, build date, build Git hash and Git build dirty indication.
- Return type
- get_system_state() qblox_instruments.native.generic_func.SystemState [source]
Get general system state and convert it to a
SystemState
.- Returns
Tuple containing general system status and corresponding flags.
- Return type
- arm_sequencer(sequencer: Optional[int] = None) None [source]
Prepare the indexed sequencer to start by putting it in the armed state. If no sequencer index is given, all sequencers are armed. Any sequencer that was already running is stopped and rearmed. If an invalid sequencer index is given, an error is set in system error.
- Parameters
sequencer (Optional[int]) – Sequencer index.
- Raises
RuntimeError – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- start_sequencer(sequencer: Optional[int] = None) None [source]
Start the indexed sequencer, thereby putting it in the running state. If an invalid sequencer index is given or the indexed sequencer was not yet armed, an error is set in system error. If no sequencer index is given, all armed sequencers are started and any sequencer not in the armed state is ignored. However, if no sequencer index is given and no sequencers are armed, and error is set in system error.
- Parameters
sequencer (Optional[int]) – Sequencer index.
- Raises
RuntimeError – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- stop_sequencer(sequencer: Optional[int] = None) None [source]
Stop the indexed sequencer, thereby putting it in the stopped state. If an invalid sequencer index is given, an error is set in system error. If no sequencer index is given, all sequencers are stopped.
- Parameters
sequencer (Optional[int]) – Sequencer index.
- Raises
RuntimeError – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- get_sequencer_state(sequencer: int, timeout: int = 0, timeout_poll_res: float = 0.02) qblox_instruments.native.generic_func.SequencerState [source]
Get the sequencer state. If an invalid sequencer index is given, an error is set in system error. If the timeout is set to zero, the function returns the state immediately. If a positive non-zero timeout is set, the function blocks until the sequencer completes. If the sequencer hasn’t stopped before the timeout expires, a TimeoutError is thrown.
- Parameters
- Returns
Tuple containing sequencer status and corresponding flags.
- Return type
- Raises
TimeoutError – Timeout
- get_waveforms(sequencer: int) Dict [source]
Get all waveforms and weigths in the AWG waveform list of indexed sequencer. The returned dictionary is structured as follows:
name: waveform name.
data: waveform samples in a range of 1.0 to -1.0.
- index: waveform index used by the sequencer Q1ASM program to refer
to the waveform.
- get_weights(sequencer: int) Dict [source]
Get all weigths in the acquisition weight lists of indexed sequencer. The returned dictionary is structured as follows:
-name : weight name.
data: weight samples in a range of 1.0 to -1.0.
- index: weight index used by the sequencer Q1ASM program to refer
to the weight.
- Parameters
sequencer (int) – Sequencer index.
- Returns
Dictionary with weights.
- Return type
- Raises
NotImplementedError – Functionality not available on this module.
- get_acquisition_state(sequencer: int, timeout: int = 0, timeout_poll_res: float = 0.02) bool [source]
Return acquisition binning completion state of the indexed sequencer. If an invalid sequencer is given, an error is set in system error. If the timeout is set to zero, the function returns the state immediately. If a positive non-zero timeout is set, the function blocks until the acquisition binning completes. If the acquisition hasn’t completed before the timeout expires, a TimeoutError is thrown. Note that when sequencer state checking is enabled, the sequencer state is checked using get_sequencer_state with the selected timeout period first and then the acquisition state is checked with the same timeout period. This means that the total timeout period is two times the set timeout period.
- Parameters
- Returns
Indicates the acquisition binning completion state (False = uncompleted, True = completed).
- Return type
- Raises
TimeoutError – Timeout
NotImplementedError – Functionality not available on this module.
- store_scope_acquisition(sequencer: int, name: str) None [source]
After an acquisition has completed, store the scope acquisition results in the acquisition specified by name of the indexed sequencers. If an invalid sequencer index is given an error is set in system error. To get access to the acquisition results, the sequencer will be stopped when calling this function.
- Parameters
- Raises
NotImplementedError – Functionality not available on this module.
- get_acquisitions(sequencer: int) Dict [source]
Get all acquisitions in acquisition lists of indexed sequencer. The acquisition scope and bin data is normalized to a range of -1.0 to 1.0 taking both the bit widths of the processing path and average count into considaration. For the binned integration results, the integration length is not handled during normalization and therefore these values have to be divided by their respective integration lenghts. The returned dictionary is structured as follows:
name: acquisition name
- index: acquisition index used by the sequencer Q1ASM program to
refer to the acquisition.
acquisition: acquisition dictionary
scope: Scope data
path0: input path 0
data: acquisition samples in a range of 1.0 to -1.0.
- out-of-range: out-of-range indication for the entire
acquisition (False = in-range, True = out-of-range).
avg_cnt: number of averages.
path1: input path 1
data: acquisition samples in a range of 1.0 to -1.0.
- out-of-range: out-of-range indication for the entire
acquisition (False = in-range, True = out-of-range).
avg_cnt: number of averages.
bins: bin data
integration: integration data
path_0: input path 0 integration result bin list
path_1: input path 1 integration result bin list
threshold: threshold result bin list
valid: list of valid indications per bin
avg_cnt: list of number of averages per bin
- Parameters
sequencer (int) – Sequencer index.
- Returns
Dictionary with acquisitions.
- Return type
- Raises
NotImplementedError – Functionality not available on this module.
SCPI interface
Based on the used instrument, one of the two following interfaces is selected.
QCM interface
- class qblox_instruments.scpi.PulsarQcm(transport: qblox_instruments.ieee488_2.transport.Transport, debug: int = 0)[source]
Bases:
qblox_instruments.ieee488_2.ieee488_2.Ieee488_2
This interface provides an API for the mandatory and required SCPI calls and adds Pulsar related functionality (see SCPI).
- __init__(transport: qblox_instruments.ieee488_2.transport.Transport, debug: int = 0)[source]
Creates SCPI interface object.
- Parameters
- Raises
ConnectionError – Debug level is 0 and there is a device or version mismatch.
- get_system_error() str [source]
Get system error from queue (see SCPI).
- Parameters
None –
- Returns
System error description string.
- Return type
- get_num_system_error() int [source]
Get number of system errors (see SCPI).
- Parameters
None –
- Returns
Current number of system errors.
- Return type
- set_name(name: str) None [source]
Sets the customer-specified name of the instrument. The name must not contain any newlines, backslashes, or double quotes.
- set_ip_config(config: str) None [source]
Reconfigures the IP address of this device. The configuration will not go into effect until reboot() is called or the device is power-cycled.
- Parameters
config (str) –
- IP configuration. May be one of the following things:
an IPv4 address including prefix length, for example 192.168.0.2/24, - the string dhcp to enable IPv4 DHCP, - an IPv6 address including prefix length, for example 1:2::3:4/64, or - a semicolon-separated combination of an IPv4 configuration (IP address or dhcp) and an IPv6 address.
- Return type
None
- Raises
- get_ip_config() str [source]
Returns the IP address configuration that will go into effect when the device reboots.
- Parameters
None –
- Returns
- IP configuration. Can be one of the following things:
an IPv4 address including prefix length, for example 192.168.0.2/24, - the string dhcp to enable IPv4 DHCP, - an IPv6 address including prefix length, for example 1:2::3:4/64, or - a semicolon-separated combination of an IPv4 configuration (IP address or dhcp) and an IPv6 address.
- Return type
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- reboot() None [source]
Reboots the instrument.
- Parameters
None –
- Return type
None
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- clear() None [source]
Clear all status and event registers (see SCPI).
- Parameters
None –
- Return type
None
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- get_status_byte() int [source]
Get status byte register. Register is only cleared when feeding registers are cleared (see SCPI).
- get_service_request_enable() int [source]
Get service request enable register. The register is cleared after reading it (see SCPI).
- set_standard_event_status_enable(reg: int) None [source]
Set standard event status enable register (see SCPI).
- get_standard_event_status_enable() int [source]
Get standard event status enable register. The register is cleared after reading it (see SCPI).
- get_standard_event_status() int [source]
Get standard event status register. The register is cleared after reading it (see SCPI).
- set_operation_complete() None [source]
Set device in operation complete query active state (see SCPI).
- Parameters
None –
- Return type
None
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- wait() None [source]
Wait until operations completed before continuing (see SCPI).
- Parameters
None –
- Return type
None
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- preset_system_status() None [source]
Preset system status registers. Connects general system status flags for PLL unlock and temperature out-of-range indications to event status enable, status questionable temperature and status questionable frequency registers respectively (see SCPI).
- Parameters
None –
- Return type
None
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- set_questionable_enable(reg: int) None [source]
Set status questionable enable register (see SCPI).
- identify() None [source]
Toggle frontpanel LEDs to visually identify the instrument.
- Parameters
None –
- Return type
None
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- get_current_afe_temperature() float [source]
Get current analog frontend board temperature (inside device).
- get_maximum_afe_temperature() float [source]
Get maximum analog frontend board temperature since boot or clear (inside device).
- get_current_lo_temperature() float [source]
Get current local oscillator board temperature (inside device).
- get_maximum_lo_temperature() float [source]
Get maximum local oscillator board temperature since boot or clear (inside device).
- get_current_fpga_temperature() float [source]
Get current FPGA junction temperature (inside device).
- get_maximum_fpga_temperature() float [source]
Get maximum FPGA junction temperature since boot or clear (inside device).
- get_current_carrier_temperature() float [source]
Get current carrier board temperature (inside device).
- get_maximum_carrier_temperature() float [source]
Get maximum carrier board temperature since boot or clear (inside device).
QRM interface
- class qblox_instruments.scpi.PulsarQrm(transport: qblox_instruments.ieee488_2.transport.Transport, debug: int = 0)[source]
Bases:
qblox_instruments.ieee488_2.ieee488_2.Ieee488_2
This interface provides an API for the mandatory and required SCPI calls and adds Pulsar related functionality (see SCPI).
- __init__(transport: qblox_instruments.ieee488_2.transport.Transport, debug: int = 0)[source]
Creates SCPI interface object.
- Parameters
- Raises
ConnectionError – Debug level is 0 and there is a device or version mismatch.
- get_system_error() str [source]
Get system error from queue (see SCPI).
- Parameters
None –
- Returns
System error description string.
- Return type
- get_num_system_error() int [source]
Get number of system errors (see SCPI).
- Parameters
None –
- Returns
Current number of system errors.
- Return type
- set_name(name: str) None [source]
Sets the customer-specified name of the instrument. The name must not contain any newlines, backslashes, or double quotes.
- set_ip_config(config: str) None [source]
Reconfigures the IP address of this device. The configuration will not go into effect until reboot() is called or the device is power-cycled.
- Parameters
config (str) –
- IP configuration. May be one of the following things:
an IPv4 address including prefix length, for example 192.168.0.2/24, - the string dhcp to enable IPv4 DHCP, - an IPv6 address including prefix length, for example 1:2::3:4/64, or - a semicolon-separated combination of an IPv4 configuration (IP address or dhcp) and an IPv6 address.
- Return type
None
- Raises
- get_ip_config() str [source]
Returns the IP address configuration that will go into effect when the device reboots.
- Parameters
None –
- Returns
- IP configuration. Can be one of the following things:
an IPv4 address including prefix length, for example 192.168.0.2/24, - the string dhcp to enable IPv4 DHCP, - an IPv6 address including prefix length, for example 1:2::3:4/64, or - a semicolon-separated combination of an IPv4 configuration (IP address or dhcp) and an IPv6 address.
- Return type
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- reboot() None [source]
Reboots the instrument.
- Parameters
None –
- Return type
None
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- clear() None [source]
Clear all status and event registers (see SCPI).
- Parameters
None –
- Return type
None
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- get_status_byte() int [source]
Get status byte register. Register is only cleared when feeding registers are cleared (see SCPI).
- get_service_request_enable() int [source]
Get service request enable register. The register is cleared after reading it (see SCPI).
- set_standard_event_status_enable(reg: int) None [source]
Set standard event status enable register (see SCPI).
- get_standard_event_status_enable() int [source]
Get standard event status enable register. The register is cleared after reading it (see SCPI).
- get_standard_event_status() int [source]
Get standard event status register. The register is cleared after reading it (see SCPI).
- set_operation_complete() None [source]
Set device in operation complete query active state (see SCPI).
- Parameters
None –
- Return type
None
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- wait() None [source]
Wait until operations completed before continuing (see SCPI).
- Parameters
None –
- Return type
None
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- preset_system_status() None [source]
Preset system status registers. Connects general system status flags for PLL unlock and temperature out-of-range indications to event status enable, status questionable temperature and status questionable frequency registers respectively (see SCPI).
- Parameters
None –
- Return type
None
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- set_questionable_enable(reg: int) None [source]
Set status questionable enable register (see SCPI).
- identify() None [source]
Toggle frontpanel LEDs to visually identify the instrument.
- Parameters
None –
- Return type
None
- Raises
Exception – An error is reported in system error and debug <= 1. All errors are read from system error and listed in the exception.
- get_current_afe_temperature() float [source]
Get current analog frontend board temperature (inside device).
- get_maximum_afe_temperature() float [source]
Get maximum analog frontend board temperature since boot or clear (inside device).
- get_current_lo_temperature() float [source]
Get current local oscillator board temperature (inside device).
- get_maximum_lo_temperature() float [source]
Get maximum local oscillator board temperature since boot or clear (inside device).
- get_current_fpga_temperature() float [source]
Get current FPGA junction temperature (inside device).
- get_maximum_fpga_temperature() float [source]
Get maximum FPGA junction temperature since boot or clear (inside device).
- get_current_carrier_temperature() float [source]
Get current carrier board temperature (inside device).
- get_maximum_carrier_temperature() float [source]
Get maximum carrier board temperature since boot or clear (inside device).
Supporting classes and functions
- Please have a look at: