briankyk/pils-data-visualization-app

PILS Data Collection APP Prototype

Data Collection Application for PILS (Archived)

This repository contains the data collection application for Particle into Liquid Sampler (PILS) Model 4001 manufactured by Brechtel. The repository is currently archived.

The applicaiton is designed to improve the access to the run data of the PILS, and serves as part of a prototype for a larger automated data collection system. The main functions of this application include live data visualization, plot data log of past runs and convert raw data DAT files into XLSX files.

In additon, conti_dummy_data.py and dummy_data.py were written to generate dummy data for testing and dubugging.

GUI Descriptions

The GUI contains the following objects as labelled:

1. Folder Tree - showing the data files in the selected directory
2. Status Bar - showing the status of the applicaiton
3. Path Line Edit - showing the path to the selected directory
4. Start Button - starting the live plot process
5. Stop Button - stopping the live plot process
6. Plot Button - plotting past run data files
7. Export Button - exporting the selected DAT file into XLSX file
8. Clear Button - clearing the plots in the plotWidgets
9. Tip Temp vs Time Plot - plotWidgets plotting the tip temperature against time in seconds
10. Steam Heater Temp vs Time Plot - plotWidgets plotting the steam heater temperature against time in seconds

Installation

Before using the application, Python3 must first be installed which can be found here.
After that, install the necessary dependencies by running the following commands in the terminal:
pip3 install numpy
pip3 install pandas
pip3 install pyqt5
pip3 install pyqtgraph

To run the program, cd to the directory which contains the the Ui_scripts.py and the main.py files in the terminal and run the python main.py command.

Operation

Select the data file directory (MUST DO THIS FIRST)
After running the main.py script, the GUI will appear.
To begin with, click the tool button to select the directory which contains the data files.

Start live plotting
To start the live plot process, select the data file of the current run in the folder tree then click the Start Monitoring button to begin the process once the data file is selected.

Stop live plotting
To stop the live plot process, click the Stop Monitoring button.

Plot past run data To plot the past run data, select the data file of the past run in the folder tree and click the Plot Selected File button.

Export as XLSX file
To export the data file into XLSX file, select the data file in the folder tree and click the Export as xlsx button.

Clear plot
To clear the plots from past run, click the Clear Plot button.