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| author | Christian Kolset <christian.kolset@gmail.com> | 2026-08-01 19:06:36 -0600 |
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| committer | Christian Kolset <christian.kolset@gmail.com> | 2026-08-01 19:06:36 -0600 |
| commit | 0aa59c13af65beeae104662593b21ba4d8a37789 (patch) | |
| tree | 17a1e6bd92a3a236bef0bca2e11ca7a875ba6caa /README.md | |
| parent | bfbdd0c19910f464e779fa64cc0ec8590f8e37c1 (diff) | |
Rename LabDAQ → LabUI and overhaul plugin system
Branding:
- Rename app, window title, file extension (.labdaq → .labui), user data
dirs (~/.labui/), spec file (labdaq.spec → labui.spec), and APP_NAME
throughout all source, docs, and config files
Plugin system:
- Plugins no longer bundled in the PyInstaller build — installed at
runtime by users via Settings → Plugins → Install Plugin (zip)
- PluginManager now takes user_dir + extra_scan_dirs; user plugins live
in ~/.labui/plugins/, dev scan additionally covers project plugins/
- install_from_zip / uninstall / is_user_installed added to PluginManager
- vendor/ dir inside plugin zips: prepended to sys.path at load time so
plugins can ship their own deps without requiring pip on end-user machine
- source_url field in manifest.json: shown as Download button in the
missing-plugins dialog when a profile requires an absent plugin
- Frozen-app pip install now targets ~/.labui/plugin_packages/ using a
real system Python (sys.executable is the exe in frozen builds)
Profile loading:
- Profile now stores plugins_manifest snapshot (id, name, version,
source_url) alongside plugins_enabled
- On load, missing or dep-broken plugins trigger MissingPluginsDialog
before the rest of the profile is applied; user can install from zip
or download via source_url in-dialog, or cancel the load
- Plugin reconciliation only enables installed plugins — missing ones
are not written to enabled.json
UI:
- Version label added to status bar (bottom-right, muted colour)
- Settings → Plugins tab: Install Plugin… button, per-plugin Remove
button for user-installed plugins, live list refresh after install/remove
Docs:
- New docs/building.md covers the full release pipeline
- docs/plugin-development.md updated for new install flow, vendoring,
source_url, profile behaviour, and distribution instructions
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# LabDAQ — Modular Python DAQ Frontend +# LabUI — Modular Python DAQ Frontend A production-grade, modular PyQt6 data acquisition UI supporting NI-DAQmx and Arduino backends with live strip-chart plotting, CSV logging, and per-device configuration. @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ python main.py pip install nidaqmx # also install NI-DAQmx runtime from ni.com # 4. For real Arduino hardware -# Upload devices/arduino_firmware/labdaq.ino to your board +# Upload devices/arduino_firmware/labui.ino to your board # Set port in device Configure dialog (e.g. COM3 / /dev/ttyUSB0) ``` |