wiihoffmann / indenter-control-panel

spinal-stiffness-indenter

The codebase for the spinal stiffness indenter - a device for taking bulk stiffness measurements of the spine.

Setup instructions (quick)

1. Get the code from this repo and cd into the directory:

   git clone https://github.com/wiihoffmann/indenter-control-panel
   cd indenter-control-panel
   

2. Run the setup script:

   sudo ./setup.sh
   

3. Enable the RTC module with the following commands:

   sudo modprobe rtc-ds1307
   sudo echo ds1307 0x68 > /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/new_device
   sudo hwclock -w
   

   Add the following lines to /etc/rc.local above the exit 0 line at the bottom to enable the RTC at boot.

   echo ds1307 0x68 > /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/new_device
   sudo hwclock -s
   date
   

4. Run the program:

   ./Main.py
   

Setup instructions (full)

1. Enable the RTC module with the following commands:

   sudo modprobe rtc-ds1307
   sudo echo ds1307 0x68 > /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/new_device
   sudo hwclock -w
   

   Add the following lines to /etc/rc.local above the exit 0 line at the bottom to enable the RTC at boot.

   echo ds1307 0x68 > /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/new_device
   sudo hwclock -s
   date
   

2. Make sure that everything is up to date and reboot:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt full-upgrade
   sudo reboot
   

3. Install all of the dependencies:

   sudo apt install git xvkbd python3 python3-pip python3-pyqt5 python3-numpy
   sudo pip3 install pyqtgraph
   

4. Get the code from this repo:

   git clone https://github.com/wiihoffmann/indenter-control-panel
   

5. Make sure you are in the right directory and run the code:

   cd indenter-control-panel
   ./main.py