Thoughts and ideas... Zola 2026-06-10T00:00:00+00:00 https://blog.galactic-forensics.space/tags/instrumentrs/atom.xml 2026-06-10T00:00:00+00:00 2026-06-10T00:00:00+00:00 trappitsch https://blog.galactic-forensics.space/blog/07-instrumentrs2/

<p>Over the years I have written many drivers to control scientific equipment. These were mostly in python using the wonderful <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/instrumentkit/instrumentkit">instrumentkit</a>. As my tech stack has mostly moved to Rust however, I have missed a consistent, simple-to-use way to write instrument drivers.</p> <p>This post discusses a very rough idea on how such an improved driver kit might look like in Rust. In addition to inspiration from <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/instrumentkit/instrumentkit">instrumentkit</a>, a lot of inspiration is also taken from the fantastic <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/diondokter/device-driver">device-driver</a> tool.</p>