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#RTGraph

A simple and lightweight Python application for plotting data from a serial port, ouputed as CSV. The application uses mutliprocessing to allow better performance using different process for each task.

##Dependencies

• Python (2.7.x).
• PySerial.
• Numpy.
• PyQt4.
• PyQtGraph.

###Manual Installing

• The basic dependencies can be installed with sudo apt-get install python python-pip python-serial numpy python-qt4.
• Then, install the pyqtgraph library with sudo pip install pyqtgraph.
• To modify the UI aspect, install sudo apt-get install pyqt4-dev-tools qt4-designer.

• Download and install Python 2.7.x, make sure to install include pip (by default) and the add the binary to the path (not enabled by default).
• Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 needed for compiling numpy.
• Download and install PyQt4 binary packages for installing PyQt4 on Python 2.7.x for your appropiate architecture.
• Open a command window and install the missing dependencies, pip install pyserial numpy pyqtgraph.

• See OS independent.

• Download and install Anaconda Scientific Python Distribution for your OS/architecture.
• Install missing dependencies, pip install pyserial pyqtgraph.

##Usage The project is distributed under MIT License. A DOI is attached to the project for citations.