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 or ethernet. It 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 as read_voltage().

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Build.PL
   perl Build
   perl Build test
   perl Build install

DEPENDENCIES

This package requires these other modules and libraries:

  Module::Build
  Lab::VISA
  Time::HiRes

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2004-2006 by Daniel Schröer

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.
