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Get better at hardware test.
Guides, tutorials, and best practices to help you build better hardware tests.
- Instrument Control
Share Instruments Across Parallel Slots
Shared instruments cause interleaved commands and lost throughput. Learn how plug scope serializes calls and how to size the bottleneck.
- Instrument Control
Automate a Rigol Power Supply
Control a Rigol DP800 series power supply from Python using PyVISA, with multi-channel control, OVP/OCP protection, and TofuPilot integration via OpenHTF.
- Instrument Control
Hipot and Dielectric Withstand Testing
Learn how to automate hipot and dielectric withstand safety tests, log results to TofuPilot, and maintain compliance records.
- Instrument Control
Control Multiple Instruments in a Test
Learn how to orchestrate multiple instruments (PSU, DMM, serial port) in a single OpenHTF test using plugs, with automatic lifecycle management and logging.
- Instrument Control
How to Control a Keysight DMM in Python
Connect a Keysight 34461A or 34465A DMM to Python using PyVISA, measure voltage, current, and resistance, and log results to TofuPilot via an OpenHTF plug.
- Instrument Control
Getting Started with PyVISA
Learn how to connect to and control test instruments (DMMs, oscilloscopes, power supplies) from Python using PyVISA, with TofuPilot measurement logging.
- Instrument Control
SCPI Commands in Python for Test Engineers
A reference for SCPI commands in Python using PyVISA, covering measurement types, triggering, error handling, and OpenHTF integration with TofuPilot.
- Instrument Control
RF Testing and Calibration
Learn how to log RF test and calibration data for wireless products using TofuPilot, covering output power, sensitivity, and frequency accuracy.
