This package has been merged with fujiisoup/sif_parser and will no longer be mainted.

Parse .sif files from an Andor spectrometer.

Install with python -m pip install andor-sif

The andor_sif.parse(<file>) method is used to parse a .sif file. This is the main function of this package.

Installs a command line interface (CLI) named andor_sif that can be used to convert .sif files to .csv.

import pandas as pd
import andor_sif as sif


# parse the 'my_pl.sif' file
(data, info) = sif.parse('my_pl.sif')

# place data into a pandas Series
df = pd.Series(data[:, 1], index = data[:, 0])

Convert all .sif files in the current directory to .csv.

andor_sif

Convert all .sif files ending in pl in the current directly into a single .csv.

andor_sif --join *pl.sif

This package uses @fujiisoup/sif_reader to parse .sif files.