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/JamesPicoTech/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

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.

Useful links and references

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

Version Control

pyPicoSDK: 0.2.29

Docs: 0.1.5