lua-instrument

lua-instrument is a lua module for instrument controlling through VISA interface.

To build:

Tool:

vc2008 or higher

Dependencies:

* lua library
* visa library

Put lua and visa library into external directory in a structure described in external README.

Build:

Run build/vc2008/build.bat or open build/vc2008/lvisa.sln

To Run:

Make sure lvisa.dll and instrument.lua in lua's package search path. Try some simple code:

require("instrument")

local i = instrument("?*::5::INSTR")

print(i:q("*IDN?"))

local s,m = i:q("SYST:ERR?", "*l")
if s ~= 0 then
  print("bad status: "..m)
end

Downloads

Demo for win32

TODO:

Add API document.