Mark Mikofski

use lookup table for 2-diode parameters (a la SAM)

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related to #50 and #51 At PVSC Janine Freeman introduced a great idea to nearly eliminate errors from diode-analog cell models, which was to use a lookup table. Since we...

create pvmod attr for pvcell

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- set to None, only used if in a module, used to tell module I'm updated - ditto for modules to strings and strings to systems

- new method that calls `calcmod()`, `calcString()` and `calcSystem()` and updates attributes - optionally could also set parameters, drilling down, just like SetSuns() does now. - optionally could have delayed...

serialization and de-serialization methods for module, string and system objects

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a generalized method that converts an object to a string or binary form that can be passed to and from mapping methods.

replace pvcell with abstract IV-curve API

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replace pvcell with an IV curve backend API that can be changed to another backend for either 5-parameter model or a "pvsyst" like model.

tips and tricks section

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There are a few tricks that aren't obvious, so should there be a tips section of the docs? For example, it is usually faster to create a new `PVsystem` then...

using [numexpr](https://github.com/pydata/numexpr) can speed up calculations for large arrays by 10x. Other tools: - [Numba](http://numba.pydata.org/) - uses decorators - [Theano](http://deeplearning.net/software/theano/) - uses theano function objects

If you make a cell position pattern that mimics a standard serpentine module the simulation fails. ``` >>> std72 = [ [[{'circuit': 'series', 'idx': 0}, {'circuit': 'series', 'idx': 1}, {'circuit':...

Better exception handling with gencumulativesky and makeModule

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I know this issue has been raised before, I am using the latest version in Python-2 on linux. Should I be using Python-3? tracebback: ``` In [2]: bifacial_radiance.gui() Read all...

error message: ``` Error: message: rvu: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5: version `Qt_5' not found (required by rvu) rvu: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5: version `Qt_5.10' not found (required by rvu) rvu: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5: version `Qt_5' not found (required...