On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:32 AM, alex arsenovic <aia8v@virginia.edu> wrote:
hello, my name is alex arsenovic. i am the author of the python module mwavepy, which is a package for RF/microwave engineering.
homepage: http://code.google.com/p/mwavepy/ docs: http://packages.python.org/mwavepy/#
it is my understanding that scipy doesnt currently have the functionality provided by mwavepy, and it seems as though it would be a valuable module to have, similar to the rf-toolbox in matlab.
i was entertaining the idea of making a sci-kit for mwavepy, and was curious about the scipy-dev community's opinion on this. does a module like this belong as a sci-kit? if so, i have numerous questions as to what are the next steps.
Hi Alex, making your project a scikit seems like a good idea. I actually tried to use mwavepy about two years ago for some basic matching network design. Back then I ran into a number of issues and in the end gave up, but it looks like your project came a long way since then. Whether or not you make it a scikit, definitely move to github though! That would have made the difference for me in submitting a few patches instead of just hacking around the first issues I encountered. In the end I went back to using the free Dellsperger program ( http://fritz.dellsperger.net/) plus LTSpice. The former has a nice GUI and some plotting options like stability and VSWR contours that are quite handy, so if you're taking feature requests consider this one:) Cheers, Ralf