Deprecation Warning: ~~mwavepy~~ scikit-rf

mwavepy is becoming a scikit. This means that this site, and the project named mwavepy is being moved and renamed. mwavepy is being re-named to scikit-rf with an import name of skrf. The code-base has moved to github.

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Description

mwavepy is an object-oriented approach to rf/microwave engineering implemented in the Python programming language. It provides a general set of objects and features which can be used to construct solutions to specific problems.

Help

• Documentation ( HTML, PDF )

• Screencast Tutorials

• Installation Help

• Post an Issue

The author welcomes feedback of all kinds, and is open to new developers! Please contact me directly at

arsenovic at virginia.edu

Features

• load touchstone (.s2p, s?p) files for data processing
• provides basic algebraic operations on networks' scattering parameters
• connect n-port networks
• de-embed 2-port networks
• plot network's scattering parameter data (dB, Phase (unwrapped), Smith chart)
• save plots in vector format for publication (a feature of matplotlib)
• 1-port calibration, given any number of standards (least squares)
• 2-port calibration with support for switch-terms.
• can be used with pyvisa for instrument control of some VNA's ( partial support for HP8510, HP8720, and R&S ZVA40 )
• circuit design
• provide basic TEM transmission line models, and some non-TEM transmission lines

Other Open-Source Microwave Software

• qucs: circuit simulator (ADS-like)
• dataplot: a graphical interface for making plots of touchstone files, among other common file formats
• Pythics: instrument control with gui creation