An unofficial Python package for Digitimer DS8R current stimulator.

The files provided here enable control of Digitimer DS8R current stimulator using Python. The code is compatiable for Python 3.5 or higher and 64-bit Windows machines

This repository is a Python porting of cocoanlab/DS8R_matlab, based on work by Dr. Choong-Wan Woo and Sungwoo Lee in the COCOAN laboratory.

Important: Before use, make sure you have installed the original DS8R software, and saved all the files in one folder.

# Install from GitHub
pip install -e git+https://github.com/CCS-Lab/DS8R_python#egg=ds8r

The code for the DS8R control using Python should be implemented using two basic parts as follows (refer to example.py for an example use):

from ds8r import DS8R

# create an object of the DS8R class and set parameter values.
ctl = DS8R(demand=20, pulse_width=1000, enabled=1, dwell=10,
           mode=1, polarity=1, source=1, recovery=20)

# apply parameters and trigger
ctl.run()

The DS8R_python_COM folder includes files modified to use Common Object Model (COM) server.

• DS8R_python_COM/ds8r_v2.py is a COM-based version of ds8r/ds8r.py for controlling the DS8R via the COM server.
• DS8R_python_COM/example_v2.py is a COM-based version of example.py.

To use COM-based version, pywin32 must be installed.

pip install pywin32

If you have any questions or comments, please post an issue in the GitHub repository [here][github-issue]. [github-issue]: https://github.com/CCS-Lab/DS8R_python/issues