Installation¶

Requirements¶

Python 3.10 or later
pyserial ≥ 3.5 — installed automatically as a dependency

No other packages are required. py_coreDAQ is pure Python.

Install from PyPI¶

pip install py_coreDAQ

Verify¶

import py_coreDAQ
print(py_coreDAQ.__version__)

from py_coreDAQ import coreDAQ

with coreDAQ.connect(simulator=True) as coredaq:
    print(coredaq.read_all())   # [W, W, W, W]

No hardware needed — the simulator runs on any machine.

Serial port permissions (Linux)¶

On Linux the serial device is owned by the dialout group. Add your user once and re-log:

sudo usermod -aG dialout $USER

Editable install for development¶

git clone https://github.com/coreinstrumentation/py_coreDAQ.git
cd py_coreDAQ
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest tests/