Information

A python software for synchronized data management of specific force platforms sensors compatible with Phidget API and other sensor types such as IMUs.

This project is part of the author's master's thesis in industrial engineering at the University of Almería. force_platform is licensed under de GNU General Public License v3.0.

It supports currently the following sensor types:

• Phidget-Bridge compatible load sensors. (Requires Phidget dependency).
• Phidget encoders. (Requires Phidget dependency).
• Taobotics IMU sensors. (Requires MRPT dependency).
• USB webcams for video recording with opencv.

Documentation

Program documentation is available to learn how the program works and its usage.

Check it out here.

Quick setup

To use this project, clone it and install the project requirements.

Tip

Do it in a virtual environment to avoid module installation issues (using virtualenv, for example).

This project is developed with Python v3.10.6

Project requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Phidget dependency

For Linux:

curl -fsSL https://www.phidgets.com/downloads/setup_linux | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y libphidget22

For Windows or MacOS

MRPT dependency

For more information, refer to the MRPT Documentation

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:joseluisblancoc/mrpt
sudo apt install libmrpt-dev mrpt-apps
sudo apt install python3-pymrpt

Warning

If you are using virtualenv, MRPT cannot be installed by pip. As a temporary solution, set include-system-site-packages = true in your pyvenv.cfg file.