Abstracting Low-Level Hardware and Firmware Specificities Through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
摘要
Interacting directly with the firmware of hardware devices can be challenging for those unfamiliar with the underlying domains, such as electronics, embedded systems, or communication protocols. This chapter presents the ScientISST SENSE Python Application Programming Interface (API), designed to simplify data acquisition from SENSE devices by abstracting the underlying communication details, allowing users to focus on the core logic of their applications. It is designed to be accessible to a wide range of users, including those without extensive programming experience. It is structured in such a way that it also includes a sample application, sense.py, that demonstrates its capabilities and serves as a starting point for developing custom applications.