Many engineers write code to automate instruments and collect data. While you can use commercially available programming languages, you can also use open-source software tools to write your automation ...

We built an instrument-control library using object-oriented programming, with each instrument forming an individual object. These objects are represented by classes whose member functions in this ...

Mercurial, which is built primarily in Python, was originally created by Matt Mackall to provide a version control solution for managing the Linux kernel source code during the kernel's transition ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

Python is usually pretty easy to manipulate, so it might be just the thing for someone looking to add a web control to a project with an open serial interface.

Florida is marking a milestone in its attempt to control an infestation of Burmese pythons in the Everglades.