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The AI wrote the programs that run his lab instruments over the network

A man wired his lab instruments to his home network, put all their manuals and programming guides into an AI project, and the AI wrote most of the first set of Python programs that control the instruments and pull data from them. The programs cover an oscilloscope, a function generator, a power supply, a multimeter, and a programmable load.

How it works

  1. He connects the instruments to his local network himself
  2. He uploads every manual and programming guide into an AI project
  3. The AI writes most of the first set of Python programs using PyVISA
  4. The programs control five kinds of instruments over the network and download their data

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent worked from the actual manuals for his exact instruments, not from general knowledge, and the programs run real hardware.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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