A reusable, Python-based testing framework designed for validating electronic hardware and DUTs. Built around pytest, this template supports serial, SCPI, and simulated devices, with structured output for automated test reporting.

Features

✅ Pytest integration for structured and repeatable test execution
⚡ Interfaces with bench equipment via SCPI or serial
🔄 Optional simulator backend for offline development
📊 HTML and CSV test reports
🧩 Modular architecture: easy to extend for new instruments or DUTs

Project Structure

src/ interfaces/ # Abstract communication backends (SCPI, Serial, Dummy) instruments/ # Power supplies, eloads, DUT control logic utils/ # Logging, timing, CSV writing config/ # TOML/YAML config for sim/real hardware

tests/ # Pytest test cases docs/ # Sphinx documentation

Getting Started

Set up venv (optional but recommended)

python -m venv .venv source .venv/bin/activate

.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 on Windows powershell

Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run tests

pytest

pytest --sim

Documentation

To build HTML docs:

cd docs make html

in windows:

cd docs sphinx-build -b html . _build/html

Generated docs will be in docs/_build/html/index.html

License

MIT

Author

Nathan Corwin — nathan@corwin.life