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The Pocket Science Lab from FOSSASIA

This repository hosts the python library for communicating with PSLab. This can be installed on a linux pc/raspberry pi. With this one can communicate with the hardware using simple python code.
This repository hosts the python library for communicating with PSLab. This can be installed on a linux pc/raspberry pi. With this, one can communicate with the hardware using simple python code.

<http://pslab.fossasia.org>

* The project is inspired from ExpEYES http://expeyes.in
* FOSSASIA is supporting development and promotion of ExpEYES project since 2014 mainly through Google Summer of Code
* The current work is a part of my GSoC-16 project

Installation
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To install PSLab
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Clone both the repositories fossasia-pslab-apps and fossasia-pslab
To install PSLab on Debian based Gnu/Linux system, the following dependencies must be installed.

Dependencies
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PyQt 4.7+, PySide, or PyQt5
python 2.6, 2.7, or 3.x
NumPy, Scipy
pyqt4-dev-tools #for pyuic4
Pyqtgraph #Plotting library
pyopengl and qt-opengl #for 3D graphics
iPython-qtconsole #optional

now, cd into the directories , and run

sudo make clean
Now clone both the repositories pslab-apps <https://github.com/fossasia/pslab-apps> and pslab <https://github.com/fossasia/pslab> .

sudo make
Libraries must be installed in the following order

sudo make install
1. pslab-apps
2. pslab

To install, cd into the directories

Now you should find an 'Experiments' item in the education menu
$ cd <SOURCE_DIR>

Else run Experiments from the terminal
and run the following (for both the repos)

$ sudo make clean

$ sudo make

$ sudo make install

Now you are ready with the PSLab software on your machine :)

For the main GUI (Control panel), you can run Experiments from the terminal.

$ Experiments

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