README for Lab::Instrument
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This package builds on top of the Lab::VISA interface to the NI-VISA library.

Lab::Instrument offers an abstract interface to an instrument that is connected via
GPIB, serial connection, ethernet, USB, or whatever else the NI-VISA library supports. 
In addition Oxford Instruments IsoBus is also supported.
The package provides general Read(), Write() and Query() methods.

Derived from Lab::Instrument there are specialized instrument classes
(virtual instruments) such as Lab::Instrument::HP34401A, that offer even more high
level comfort with methods like read_voltage().


INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Build.PL
   perl Build
   perl Build install


DEPENDENCIES

This package requires these other modules and libraries:

  Lab::Bus
  Lab::Exception
  Lab::Connection
  Module::Build
  Time::HiRes

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2004-2008 by Daniel Schröer, 2009-2010 Daniel Schröer, Andreas K. Hüttel, Daniela Taubert, David Kalok, and others.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.3 or,
at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.