wsarce / pyOssila

This repository contains a Python library for controlling an Ossila solar simulator.

pyOssila

Parties Involved

Group: UNL Aerospace Club - Aerospace eXperimental Payloads
Developer: Walker Arce

Motivation

This Python library was written to facilitate closed-loop experimental testing of perovskite solar cells for extended periods of time, in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Installation

Clone this repository, cd into the directory using either your virtual environment or your local environment, and run: python setup.py install

Usage

from pyossila.solar_simulator import OssilaSolarSimulator

# Reset the solar simulator
test = OssilaSolarSimulator('COM3')
test.modify_irradiance(100)
test.save_settings()
# Read the settings
print(f"Firmware Number: {test.get_firmware_number()}")
print(f"Error State: {test.get_error_state()}")
print(f"Serial Number: {test.get_serial_number()}")
print(f"Temperature: {test.get_temperature()}")
print(f"LED Time: {test.get_led_time()}")
print(f"Irradiance: {test.get_irradiance()}")
print(f"Shutter State: {test.get_shutter()}")
print(f"Device Name: {test.get_device_name()}")

Citation

@misc{Arce_pyOssila_2023,
      author = {Arce, Walker},
      month = {8},
      title = {{pyOssila}},
      url = {https://github.com/wsarce/pyOssila},
      year = {2023}
}