New trigger interface

[kay-jahnke]

New tool chain for sending simple digital triggers. These triggers are software timed and therefore are not recommended for time sensitive triggering.

Description

An interface was written including a dummy hardware. Also a logic and gui module were created for demonstration. As the most common use case of triggers is automation, the triggers will probably most often be fired from a notebook and not by the gui.

Motivation and Context

Sometimes an external controller needs to be reset or a state change needs to be triggered.

How Has This Been Tested?

tested with dummy on Linux 5.9.1-1-MANJARO

Screenshots:

very simple GUI with push buttons:

Types of changes

• [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)

Checklist:

• [x] My code follows the code style of this project.
• [x] I have documented my changes in the changelog (documentation/changelog.md)
• [ ] My change requires a change to the documentation.
• [ ] I have updated the documentation accordingly.
• [x] I have added/updated for the module the config example in the docstring of the class accordingly.
• [x] I have checked that the change does not contain obvious errors (syntax, indentation, mutable default values).
• [x] I have tested my changes using 'Load all modules' on the default dummy configuration with my changes included.
• [ ] All changed Jupyter notebooks have been stripped of their output cells.

[GRexBayer]

When starting the dummy version on Windows 10, Windows has problems with the geometry of the application window. Loading the trigger module results in:

QWindowsWindow::setGeometry: Unable to set geometry 105x86+907+483 on QWidgetWindow/'MainWindowWindow'. Resulting geometry: 120x86+907+483 (frame: 8, 31, 8, 8, custom margin: 0, 0, 0, 0, minimum size: 50x86, maximum size: 16777215x16777215). QWindowsWindow::setGeometry: Unable to set geometry 105x117+907+483 on QWidgetWindow/'MainWindowWindow'. Resulting geometry: 120x117+907+483 (frame: 8, 31, 8, 8, custom margin: 0, 0, 0, 0, minimum size: 50x117, maximum size: 16777215x16777215). QWindowsWindow::setGeometry: Unable to set geometry 105x148+907+483 on QWidgetWindow/'MainWindowWindow'. Resulting geometry: 120x148+907+483 (frame: 8, 31, 8, 8, custom margin: 0, 0, 0, 0, minimum size: 56x148, maximum size: 16777215x16777215). QWindowsWindow::setGeometry: Unable to set geometry 105x179+907+483 on QWidgetWindow/'MainWindowWindow'. Resulting geometry: 120x179+907+483 (frame: 8, 31, 8, 8, custom margin: 0, 0, 0, 0, minimum size: 56x179, maximum size: 16777215x16777215).

[GRexBayer]

Besides the Geometry problem by Windows 10, the dummy version seems to run without problems. Pressed all the buttons and they act as expected. OS info: OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.19041 Build 19041

[kay-jahnke]

@GRexBayer fixed the warnings by reworking the gui. Please test again.

[GRexBayer]

Found no warnings, the window is displayed with an appropriate size! Checked hopefully thoroughly enough. Pressed all buttons, deactivated the module and restarted QuDi.