Release notes

Version 0.10.2 (2025-11-19)

• plasduino post-processing methods made classmethods to allow invocation without instantiating the application class.

• Pull requests merged and issues closed:

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/97

Version 0.10.1 (2025-11-10)

• Renamed disconnect() to disconnect_sinks() in AbstractBuffer for better API clarity and consistency.

• Added explicit sink disconnection in the run control lifecycle to ensure that all data sinks are properly released when stopping a run.

• Implemented post-processing of binary data files to generate formatted text output for plasduino_tempmonitor and plasduino_pendulumview applications.

• Logging typo fixed.

• Pull requests merged and issues closed:

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/95

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/94

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/93

Version 0.10.0 (2025-10-28)

• Dependency on aptapy bumped to version 0.11.0 (this fixes issues #85 and #87).

• Reset button hidden for simple applications.

• Added an hyperlink to copy the data file path to clipboard in the main window.

• Added a command-line switch to baldaquin start-app to select the underlying matplotlib stylesheet.

• Updated documentation.

• Pull requests merged and issues closed:

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/91

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/89

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/88

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/87

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/85

Version 0.9.2 (2025-10-25)

• Maximum strip chart length configurable from the main window in the silly_strip application.

• Fix for issue #83 (strip chart not updating correctly at the stop run).

• Pull requests merged and issues closed:

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/84

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/83

Version 0.9.1 (2025-10-24)

• Extracted common PlasduinoMainWindow and analog application setup into base classes in common.py

• Refactored plasduino_tempmonitor and plasduino_pendulumview to inherit shared functionality

• Added cursor activation/deactivation methods to the base analog application class

• Pull requests merged and issues closed:

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/81

Version 0.9.0 (2025-10-24)

• Integration of VerticalCursor from aptapy plotting utilities for interactive data exploration. (Now attached to the baldaquin_tempmonitor and silly_strip apps).

• Default refresh interval for PlotCanvasWidget objects changed to 500 ms.

• noxfile refactored and cleaned up.

• Added dependencies on nox and sphinxcontrib-programoutput.

• aptapy dependence bumped to version 0.9.2.

• Documentation updated.

• Pull requests merged and issues closed:

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/80

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/76

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/72

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/71

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/68

Version 0.8.2 (2025-10-21)

• Small fix for the package logo on PyPI.

• Pull requests merged and issues closed:

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/79

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/78

Version 0.8.1 (2025-10-21)

• Package automatically built and published to PyPI on git tag push.

• Pull requests merged and issues closed:

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/77

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/75

Version 0.8.0 (2025-10-21)

• Migrate histogram and strip chart functionality from internal baldaquin modules to the external aptapy library.

• New silly_strip example application added to demonstrate the strip chart functionality.

• Pull requests merged and issues closed:

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/74

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/70

Version 0.7.0 (2025-10-19)

• Adopted src/ layout with baldaquin package moved to src/baldaquin/

• Introduced dynamic versioning with git integration

• Replaced Makefile with nox sessions for development tasks

• Updated all copyright headers to 2025

• Consolidated environment/logging setup into dedicated modules

• Default quote character changes from single to double quote.

• Major clean up and linting.

• Pull requests merged and issues closed:

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/73

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/69

baldaquin 0.6.0 (Wed, 28 May 2025 11:03:01 +0200)

• Major restructuring of the configuration facilities, which are now multi-section.

• Logging and buffering configuration controlled from the main window.

• Configuration update from file now resilient to format changes.

• Fix for some funky behavior of the ParameterSpinBox class.

• Minor refactoring of the buffer classes, which are now always unbounded.

• Minor plasduino cleanup.

• New TextLine class and associated text serial communication protocol.

• New compilation and upload scheme for the arduino sketeches and associated artifacts.

• Major refactoring of the xnucleo monitoring, and auto-upload functionality implemented.

• Port class renamed as PortInfo.

• New ArduinoSerialInterface and ArduinoEventHandler classes.

• Cleanup, docs and unit tests added.

• Signature of SerialInterface.connect() changed to accept a PortInfo object.

• Merging pull requests

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/61

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/62

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/66

• Issue(s) closed

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/54

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/56

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/57

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/64

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/64

baldaquin 0.5.0 (Mon, 19 May 2025 09:29:50 +0200)

• Some bugs and rough edges in the plasduino extension have been fixed.

• New generic monitoring application based on arduino + x-nucleo board.

• Merging pull requests

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/53

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/59

• Issue(s) closed

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/50

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/51

baldaquin 0.4.0 (Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:53:59 +0100)

• Development notes added to the documentation.

• Setup files for Windows added.

• Link to the output folder added in the main GUI.

• Serialization/deserialization methods implemented for Timestamp and PacketStatistics objects.

• RunReport class added.

• RunControl now saving the run report and the configuration in the output folder.

• Merging pull requests

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/49

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/48

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/47

• Issue(s) closed

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/45

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/44

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/29

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/19

baldaquin 0.3.1 (Wed, 29 Jan 2025 06:13:22 +0100)

• RunControl properly reset when the window is closed.

• Merging pull requests

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/43

• Issue(s) closed

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/28

baldaquin 0.3.0 (Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:09:37 +0100)

• baldaquin main command-line interface revamped, and rudimentary application launcher added.

• pyproject.toml file updated to ship the baldaquin cli.

• requirements.txt removed, as it was redundant with pyproject.toml.

• New main() entry point added to all the applications.

• Installation notes added to the documentation, and a few other minor tweaks.

• IntEnum used where appropriate.

• Three basic plasduino apps fully operational.

• Inheritance supported in the @packetclass decorator.

• payload class member renamed as data in the AbstractPacket class.

• Major restructuring of the packet text formatting facilities.

• New PacketFile class added to support packet text output.

• pre_start() and post_stop hooks added to the UserApplicationBase class.

• Docs updated and unit tests added.

• Merging pull requests

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/41

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/39

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/36

• Issue(s) closed

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/38

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/34

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/20

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/12

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/10

baldaquin 0.2.1 (Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:57:29 +0100)

• Release manager now updating the pyproject.toml file.

• Merging pull requests

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/33

• Issue(s) closed

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/32

baldaquin 0.2.0 (Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:17:00 +0100)

• Major refactoring of the serial_ and arduino_ modules.

• New, experimental, baldaquin command-line utility added.

• Sketch auto-upload implemented in plasduino.

• Sketch compilation capability added.

• BALDAQUIN_SCRATCH folder added.

• New pre_start() hook added to the UserApplicationBase class.

• Added specific hooks for text sinks in the AbstractPacket class, and default implementation provided in FixedSizePacketBase.

• Documentation expanded and revised.

• Unit tests added.

• Merging pull requests

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/27

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/30

• Issue(s) closed

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/25

baldaquin 0.1.3 (Wed, 15 Jan 2025 08:59:44 +0100)

• Major refactoring of the buf.py module.

• Buffer sinks added to add flexibility to the generation of output files.

• Default character encoding now defined in baldaquin.__init__

• Merging pull requests

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/21

• Issue(s) closed

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/13

baldaquin 0.1.2 (Sat, 11 Jan 2025 10:52:28 +0100)

• Fix a bunch of pylint warnings

• Code of conduct added.

• Merging pull requests

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/14

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/pull/15

• Issue(s) closed

  • https://github.com/lucabaldini/baldaquin/issues/9

baldaquin 0.1.1 (Sat, 11 Jan 2025 02:09:53 +0100)

• Small fix in the documentation compilation.

baldaquin 0.1.0 (Sat, 11 Jan 2025 02:03:41 +0100)

Initial stub