nitclk 1.4.9
NI-TClk Python API
License: MIT
Requires Python: >=3.9
Keywords: nitclk

Overall Status
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Info         Python bindings for NI Modular Instrument drivers. See `GitHub <https://github.com/ni/nimi-python/>`_ for the latest source.
Author       NI
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    :alt: Open Issues + Pull Requests
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    :alt: Open Pull Requests
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.. _about-section:

About
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The **nitclk** module provides a Python API for NI-TClk. The code is maintained in the Open Source repository for `nimi-python <https://github.com/ni/nimi-python>`_.

Support Policy
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**nitclk** supports all the Operating Systems supported by NI-TClk.

It follows `Python Software Foundation <https://devguide.python.org/#status-of-python-branches>`_ support policy for different versions of CPython.


NI-TClk Python API Status
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| NI-TClk (nitclk)              |                       |
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| Driver Version Tested Against | 2025 Q1               |
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| PyPI Version                  | |nitclkLatestVersion| |
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| Supported Python Version      | |nitclkPythonVersion| |
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| Documentation                 | |nitclkDocs|          |
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| Open Issues                   | |nitclkOpenIssues|    |
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| Open Pull Requests            | |nitclkOpenPRs|       |
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.. |nitclkLatestVersion| image:: http://img.shields.io/pypi/v/nitclk.svg
    :alt: Latest NI-TClk Version
    :target: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/nitclk


.. |nitclkPythonVersion| image:: http://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/nitclk.svg
    :alt: NI-TClk supported Python versions
    :target: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/nitclk


.. |nitclkDocs| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/nitclk/badge/?version=latest
    :alt: NI-TClk Python API Documentation Status
    :target: https://nitclk.readthedocs.io/en/latest


.. |nitclkOpenIssues| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/issues/ni/nimi-python/nitclk.svg
    :alt: Open Issues + Pull Requests for NI-TClk
    :target: https://github.com/ni/nimi-python/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Anitclk


.. |nitclkOpenPRs| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr/ni/nimi-python/nitclk.svg
    :alt: Pull Requests for NI-TClk
    :target: https://github.com/ni/nimi-python/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Anitclk



.. _nitclk_installation-section:

Installation
------------

As a prerequisite to using the **nitclk** module, you must install the NI-TClk runtime on your system. Visit `ni.com/downloads <http://www.ni.com/downloads/>`_ to download the driver runtime for your devices.

The nimi-python modules (i.e. for **NI-TClk**) can be installed with `pip <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip>`_::

  $ python -m pip install nitclk~=1.4.9


Contributing
============

We welcome contributions! You can clone the project repository, build it, and install it by `following these instructions <https://github.com/ni/nimi-python/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>`_.

Usage
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The following is a basic example of using the **nitclk** module

.. code-block:: python

    import nitclk

`Other usage examples can be found on GitHub. <https://github.com/ni/nimi-python/tree/master/src/nitclk/examples>`_

.. _support-section:

Support / Feedback
==================

For support specific to the Python API, follow the processs in `Bugs / Feature Requests`_.
For support with hardware, the driver runtime or any other questions not specific to the Python API, please visit `NI Community Forums <https://forums.ni.com/>`_.

.. _bugs-section:

Bugs / Feature Requests
=======================

To report a bug or submit a feature request specific to Python API, please use the
`GitHub issues page <https://github.com/ni/nimi-python/issues>`_.

Fill in the issue template as completely as possible and we will respond as soon
as we can.


.. _documentation-section:

Documentation
=============

Documentation is available `here <http://nitclk.readthedocs.io>`_.


.. _license-section:

License
=======

**nimi-python** is licensed under an MIT-style license (`see
LICENSE <https://github.com/ni/nimi-python/blob/master/LICENSE>`_).
Other incorporated projects may be licensed under different licenses. All
licenses allow for non-commercial and commercial use.


**gRPC Features**

For driver APIs that support it, passing a GrpcSessionOptions instance as a parameter to Session.__init__() is
subject to the NI General Purpose EULA (`see NILICENSE <https://github.com/ni/nimi-python/blob/master/NILICENSE>`_).