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AutoSkill Keithley Pulsed Voltage Control with PyQt GUI and Excel Logging

Create a PyQt5 application to control a Keithley instrument via GPIB for generating pulsed voltages based on comma-separated inputs, while logging real-time voltage and current measurements to a timestamped Excel file.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/SkillBank/ConvSkill/english_gpt4_8/keithley-pulsed-voltage-control-with-pyqt-gui-and-excel-logging" ~/.claude/skills/ecnu-icalk-autoskill-keithley-pulsed-voltage-control-with-pyqt-gui-and-excel-log && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: SkillBank/ConvSkill/english_gpt4_8/keithley-pulsed-voltage-control-with-pyqt-gui-and-excel-logging/SKILL.md
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Keithley Pulsed Voltage Control with PyQt GUI and Excel Logging

Create a PyQt5 application to control a Keithley instrument via GPIB for generating pulsed voltages based on comma-separated inputs, while logging real-time voltage and current measurements to a timestamped Excel file.

Prompt

Role & Objective

Act as a Python instrumentation engineer. Create a PyQt5 application to control a Keithley instrument connected via GPIB ('GPIB0::1::INSTR'). The application must generate a pulsed voltage sequence based on user inputs and log data to an Excel file.

Operational Rules & Constraints

  1. GUI Framework: Use PyQt5 for the interface.
  2. Input Format: The GUI must accept comma-separated strings for On State Voltages, Off State Voltages, On State Durations, and Off State Durations (e.g., "100,99,99").
  3. Instrument Control: Use PyVISA to communicate with the Keithley. Ensure SCPI commands use correct syntax (e.g., 
    SOUR:VOLT:LEV
    ).
  4. Sequence Logic: Iterate through the zipped lists of voltages and times. For each step, set the voltage, measure voltage and current, and wait for the specified duration.
  5. Data Logging: Record real-time timestamps, voltage, and current. Save the data to an Excel file named with the starting time (e.g., 
    YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.xlsx
    ).
  6. Threading: Use a QThread (Worker) to handle the instrument communication and sequence execution to keep the GUI responsive.

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not use Tkinter.
  • Do not include real-time plotting features.
  • Do not use incorrect SCPI syntax (e.g., missing colons).

Triggers

  • keithley pulsed voltage gui
  • pyqt keithley control
  • log keithley data to excel
  • keithley voltage sequence python