pyControl v1.8

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pyControl version 1.8 is now available to download from the releases page. 

v1.8 Change log

GUI:

• GUI is now compatible with PyQt6 and Python 3.10.

• New GUI settings dialog.

• Required device driver files are now automatically transferred to the pyboard when a task or hardware definition is uploaded.

• Pyboards can how be hidden so they do not show up in board select GUI menus by naming them _hidden_ in the setups tab.

• Hardware definition files are now stored in a hardware_definitions folder not the generic config folder.

• Various small improvements and bug fixes.

Framework:

• Major refactoring of framework code to make it simpler and more readable.

• Analog inputs now stream data to the computer continously while the framework is running rather than having record and stop methods to start and stop data streaming.

• Events triggered by timers are now output to the data log by default.

• Removed decimate argument from digital input as it was not used in practice.

• Added Frame_trigger device class for triggering camera frames as a specified frequency and recording the frame times to an analog data file.

• Added uRFID device class for controlling Priority 1 Designs RFID module.

• Added print_variables function for printing variable values to the data log as a json formatted string.

Data import:

• Added session_dataframe function for generating a pandas dataframe from a pyControl data file and experiment_dataframe for generating a pandas dataframe from an experiment data folder.