Improvement of simulation software for test equipment used in radio design and development

Abstract: The global engineering design house Syntronic has requested a further development of the open source Python framework PyVISA-sim to enable dynamic simulations of signals and measuring instruments which would streamline development of their internal radio equipment testing tool. This tool is used by a world leading telecommunications company when developing their next generation radio equipment. PyVISA-sim is used in lab environments to test applications without access to real connected instruments. The project detailed in this thesis strives to pinpoint Syntronic’s needs, develop the requested functionality within the framework and have the changes implemented as part of the official GitHub repository, thereby making them available for anyone wanting to utilize them. To achieve this agile software development methods are utilized combined with an open source mindset. The resulting additions to PyVISA-sim can reduce the workload for all users in need of a more complex simulation method.