The Peptide Dynamics Blog
Welcome to the Peptide Dynamics Blog. This blog is an attempt to stimulate and centralize collaboration on dielectric theory and instrumentation of peptides and proteins. This blog is available to everyone. It is moderated, and as such, it is expected to be formal, proper, in good taste, and appropriate to the topics central to this blog. Thank you for your participation in this collaborative effort.
2021
web2py on the Raspberry
Sunday, February 14, 2021 - web2py is a server-side web server designed for processing database and web requests. Its entirely written in the python language. In fact, this very website has been served with web2py for the past 12 years without flaw or crash. It will be used to develope the graphical-user interface of the instrument and allow for real-time event-driven monitoring of the experiment during its operation. more detail...
PostGreSQL on the Raspberry
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - PostGreSQL is an excellent relational database system. It runs on all platforms, including the Raspberry, is light-weight, free, and open source. more detail...
Python and VISA on the Raspberry
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - PyVISA is a Python package that enables you to control all kinds of measurement devices independently of the interface (e.g. GPIB, RS232, USB, Ethernet). more detail...
GPIB on the Raspberry
Saturday, January 09, 2021 - GPIB is a bus system for connecting instruments together with computers. Integrating GPIB for the Raspberry is a necessary step for communicating with legacy and some modern scientific instruments. more detail...
The Raspberry Pi (RPi)
Wednesday, January 06, 2021 - The Raspberry Pi (RPi) is a credit-card sized microcomputer costing less than $150, uniquely fashioned as an embedded platform to control instrumentation, run experiments, and monitor and analyze data. more detail...
2012
Computer Interface for the Binder BD/ED/FD Series Incubators
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - We have provided the technique and software for computer interfacing of the Binder GmbH BD / ED / FD (R3-Controller) Series Incubators. The technique discusses a custom USB interface cable along with software written in National Instruments LabView. more detail...
Computer Interface for the Stanford Research SR830/SR850 Lock-in Amplifiers
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - We have provided the LabView drivers to interface a computer to the Stanford Research SR830 and SR850 Lock-in Amplifiers. The drivers use the VISA communication standards to allow interfacing via serial or GPIB cables. more detail...