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A ParameterWithSetpoints Example with Dual Setpoints

This notebook explains how you can account for dual setpoints using ParameterWithSetpoints. The basics of writing drivers using ParameterWithSetpoints is covered in the notebook named Simple Example of ParameterWithSetpoints.

In this example we consider a dummy instrument that can return a time trace or the discreet Fourier transform (magnitude square) of that trace. The setpoints are accounted for in an easy way.

from pathlib import Path
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from typing_extensions import Unpack

import numpy as np

import qcodes.validators as vals
from qcodes.dataset import (
    Measurement,
    initialise_or_create_database_at,
    load_or_create_experiment,
    plot_dataset,
)
from qcodes.instrument import Instrument, InstrumentBaseKWArgs
from qcodes.parameters import Parameter, ParameterWithSetpoints

def timetrace(npts: int, dt: float) -> np.ndarray:
    """
    A very realistic-looking signal
    """
    # freq = 10/(dt*npts)
    # decay = 1/(dt*npts)
    freq = 10
    decay = 1
    time = np.linspace(0, npts * dt, npts, endpoint=False)
    signal = np.exp(-decay * time) * np.sin(2 * np.pi * freq * time)
    noise = 0.1 * np.random.randn(npts)
    return signal + noise

class TimeTrace(ParameterWithSetpoints):
    def get_raw(self):
        npts = self.root_instrument.npts()
        dt = self.root_instrument.dt()

        return timetrace(npts, dt)


class Periodogram(ParameterWithSetpoints):
    def get_raw(self):
        tt = self.root_instrument.trace()

        return np.abs(np.fft.fft(tt)) ** 2


class TimeAxis(Parameter):
    def get_raw(self):
        npts = self.root_instrument.npts()
        dt = self.root_instrument.dt()
        return np.linspace(0, dt * npts, npts, endpoint=False)


class FrequencyAxis(Parameter):
    def get_raw(self):
        npts = self.root_instrument.npts()
        dt = self.root_instrument.dt()

        return np.linspace(0, 1 / dt, npts)


class OzzyLowScope(Instrument):
    def __init__(self, name: str, **kwargs: "Unpack[InstrumentBaseKWArgs]"):
        super().__init__(name, **kwargs)

        self.npts = self.add_parameter(
            name="npts",
            initial_value=500,
            label="Number of points",
            get_cmd=None,
            set_cmd=None,
        )

        self.dt = self.add_parameter(
            name="dt",
            initial_value=1e-3,
            label="Time resolution",
            unit="s",
            get_cmd=None,
            set_cmd=None,
        )

        self.time_axis = self.add_parameter(
            name="time_axis",
            label="Time",
            unit="s",
            vals=vals.Arrays(shape=(self.npts,)),
            parameter_class=TimeAxis,
        )

        self.freq_axis = self.add_parameter(
            name="freq_axis",
            label="Frequency",
            unit="Hz",
            vals=vals.Arrays(shape=(self.npts,)),
            parameter_class=FrequencyAxis,
        )

        self.trace = self.add_parameter(
            name="trace",
            label="Signal",
            unit="V",
            vals=vals.Arrays(shape=(self.npts,)),
            setpoints=(self.time_axis,),
            parameter_class=TimeTrace,
        )

        self.periodogram = self.add_parameter(
            name="periodogram",
            label="Periodogram",
            unit="V^2/Hz",
            vals=vals.Arrays(shape=(self.npts,)),
            setpoints=(self.freq_axis,),
            parameter_class=Periodogram,
        )

osc = OzzyLowScope("osc")

tutorial_db_path = Path.cwd().parent / "example_output" / "tutorial_doND.db"
initialise_or_create_database_at(tutorial_db_path)
load_or_create_experiment(experiment_name="tutorial_exp", sample_name="no sample")

tutorial_exp#no sample#1@/home/runner/work/Qcodes/Qcodes/docs/examples/example_output/tutorial_doND.db
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Measurement 1: Time Trace

timemeas = Measurement()
timemeas.register_parameter(osc.trace)

osc.dt(0.001)

with timemeas.run() as datasaver:
    datasaver.add_result((osc.trace, osc.trace.get()))

dataset = datasaver.dataset

Starting experimental run with id: 1.

_ = plot_dataset(dataset)

osc.dt(0.01)  # make the trace 10 times longer

with timemeas.run() as datasaver:
    datasaver.add_result((osc.trace, osc.trace.get()))

dataset = datasaver.dataset

Starting experimental run with id: 2.

_ = plot_dataset(dataset)

Measurement 2: Periodogram

freqmeas = Measurement()
freqmeas.register_parameter(osc.periodogram)

osc.dt(0.01)

with freqmeas.run() as datasaver:
    datasaver.add_result((osc.periodogram, osc.periodogram.get()))

dataid = datasaver.dataset

Starting experimental run with id: 3.

axs, cbax = plot_dataset(dataset)
aa = axs[0]
aa.set_yscale("log")

Just for the fun of it, let’s make a measurement with the averaged periodogram.

no_of_avgs = 100

with freqmeas.run() as datasaver:
    temp_per = osc.periodogram()

    for _ in range(no_of_avgs - 1):
        temp_per += osc.periodogram()

    datasaver.add_result(
        (osc.periodogram, temp_per / no_of_avgs), (osc.freq_axis, osc.freq_axis.get())
    )

dataset = datasaver.dataset

Starting experimental run with id: 4.

axs, cbax = plot_dataset(dataset)
aa = axs[0]
aa.set_yscale("log")

Measurement 3: 2D Sweeping

meas = Measurement()
meas.register_parameter(osc.npts)
meas.register_parameter(osc.trace, setpoints=[osc.npts], paramtype="numeric")

with meas.run() as datasaver:
    osc.dt(0.001)

    for npts in [200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200]:
        osc.npts(npts)
        datasaver.add_result((osc.trace, osc.trace.get()), (osc.npts, osc.npts()))

dataset = datasaver.dataset

WARNING:root:Tried to set a new paramtype numeric, but this parameter already has paramtype array which does not match
WARNING:root:Tried to set a new paramtype numeric, but this parameter already has paramtype array which does not match

Starting experimental run with id: 5.

_ = plot_dataset(dataset)