Overview.md

Introduction

Special Measure provides a simple frontend for MATLAB's instrument control toolbox, allowing users to quickly set up flexible scans through parameter space.

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Quick Reference

Structures

• Scans_new
• smdata_new

Functions

Main measurement routine

smrun	Run a scan.

Channel Control

smset	Set channel values.
smget	Read channel values.
smprintchannels	Print channel information
smprintrange	Print range and rate information

Scan configuration

smdiagpar	Configure scan rotation.
smscanpar	Set scan range and resolution.
smalintrafo	Set up a rotated scan.
smprintscan	Print scan parameters.

Setup

smaddchannel	Create a new channel
sminitdisp	Configure figure 1001 to display current channel values. To disable this feature, close figure 1001.

Instrument Control

smopen	Open instruments.
smclose	Close instruments.
smprintinst	Print instrument information

Low-level Instrument I/O

smprintf	Wrapper for fprintf.
smscanf	Wrapper for fscanf.
smquery	Wrapper for query.

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Auxiliary functions

Configuration and control of specific instruments

smarampYokoSR830dmm	Set up linewise acquisition with dmm and/or lockin
smarampYokoSR830	Subset of above, no dmm support
smarampYokoTDS	Set up linewise acquisition with TDS5104.
smaDMMsnglmode	Restore default sample parameters for DMM(s).
smastopYokos	Stop ramps on Yokos.

Trigger routines (used as trigfn's)

| smatrigYokoSR830dmm | | |:------------------------|:| | smatrigYokoTDS | | | smatrigYokoSR830 | (Obsolete, no longer maintained) | | smatrig | |

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Other routines, mainly used internally

smdispchan	Update display of current values
smchanlookup	Translation from channel name to index
sminstlookup	Translation form device name to index
smchaninst	get instrument associated with a channel