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tm_data_types: Test & Measurement Data Types

tm_data_types provides tools to convert, edit, and write waveform data from Test & Measurement devices. It simplifies handling waveform formats like CSV, WFM, and BIN in Python.

tm_data_types can be used to:

• Convert CSV, WFM, and BIN format into a waveform object,
• Add or edit waveform metadata,
• Write a valid waveform object to a file.

Supported File Formats

Interface	File formats
Reader	.csv, .wfm1
Writer	.csv, .wfm1

Installation

pip install tm_data_types

Basic Usage

Write File

from tm_data_types import AnalogWaveform, write_file

waveform = AnalogWaveform()
file_path = "waveform_1.wfm"
write_file(file_path, waveform)

Read File

from tm_data_types import read_file

file_path = "waveform_1.wfm"
waveform = read_file(file_path)

Documentation

See the full documentation at https://tm-data-types.readthedocs.io

Maintainers

Before reaching out to any maintainers directly, please first check if your issue or question is already covered by any open issues. If the issue or question you have is not already covered, please file a new issue or start a discussion and the maintainers will review and respond there.

• [email protected] - For open-source policy and license questions.

Contributing

Interested in contributing? Check out the contributing guidelines. Please note that this project is released with a Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.

License

tm_data_types was created by Tektronix. It is licensed under the terms of the Apache License 2.0.

Security

The signatures of the files uploaded to PyPI and each GitHub Release can be verified using the GitHub CLI attestation verify command. The artifact attestations can also be directly downloaded from the GitHub repo attestations page if desired.

gh attestation verify --owner tektronix <file>

Footnotes

1. Currently, tm_data_types only supports the Tektronix proprietary .wfm format. Support for other formats is planned for future releases. ↩ ↩²