Data Acquisition using Debian
Debian packages useful for data acquisition are in the [http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/dataacquisition.html data acquisition task]
This page aims not to duplicate this package list, but to provide a useful overview - and links to case studies.
Data Acquisition
[http://packages.debian.org/libgpib0 libgpib] ([http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00088.html boris])
[http://packages.debian.org/libcomedi0 libcomedi] ([http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00088.html boris])
G. Varoquaux has written an interesting article describing the use of python and pyvisa for experimental control. [http://gael-varoquaux.info/physics/agile_computer_control_of_a_complex_experiment.pdf Agile computer control of a complex experiment]. Computing in Science and Engineering 10(2), 55 (2008).
[http://gael-varoquaux.info/computers/traits_tutorial/traits_tutorial.html Writing a graphical application for scientific programming using TraitsUI]
Data Acquisition and Control
TANGO [http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=tango mentors package] [http://www.tango-controls.org/ upstream] is an object oriented distributed control system using CORBA and is being actively developed as a collaborative effort between the Alba, Desy, Elettra, ESRF and Soleil institutes.
EPICS [http://debian-xray.iit.edu unofficial package] [http://http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/ upstream] is a set of Open Source software tools, libraries and applications developed collaboratively and used worldwide to create distributed soft real-time control systems for scientific instruments such as a particle accelerators, telescopes and other large scientific experiments.
MX [http://debian-xray.iit.edu unofficial package] [http://mx.iit.edu/ upstream] is a data acquisition and control system that is designed to serve as a portable toolkit for writing data acquisition and control programs; a standalone system capable of controlling entire experiments; a platform for building device control servers to be used by other applications; a way of extending other control systems and of glueing disparate control systems together. Unofficial Debian packages (including EPICS support) are at [http://debian-xray.iit.edu].