v0.57.0: Merge pull request #8011 from jenshnielsen/changelog_0_57_0

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QCoDeS 0.57.0 (2026-04-07)

Breaking Changes:

• Legacy backwards-compatibility aliases across the instrument_drivers module have been
  deprecated. Users should migrate to the canonical class names listed below. All deprecated
  names will be removed in a future release.

  AlazarTech

  • Class AlazarTech_ATS9360 is deprecated. Use AlazarTechATS9360 instead.
  • Class AlazarTech_ATS9373 is deprecated. Use AlazarTechATS9373 instead.
  • Class AlazarTech_ATS9440 is deprecated. Use AlazarTechATS9440 instead.
  • Class AlazarTech_ATS9870 is deprecated. Use AlazarTechATS9870 instead.
  • Class Demodulation_AcquisitionController is deprecated. Use DemodulationAcquisitionController instead.

  Basel

  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.basel.sp983c is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.basel instead.
  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.basel.sp983c_remote is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.basel instead.

  Galil

  • Class VectorMode is deprecated. Use GalilDMC4133VectorMode instead.
  • Class Motor is deprecated. Use GalilDMC4133Motor instead.
  • Class DMC4133Controller is deprecated. Use GalilDMC4133Controller instead.
  • Class Arm is deprecated. Use GalilDMC4133Arm instead.

  HP

  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.HP.HP8133A is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.HP instead.
  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.HP.HP8753D is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.HP instead.
  • Class HP_83650A is deprecated. Use HP83650A instead.

  Ithaco

  • Class Ithaco_1211 is deprecated. Use Ithaco1211 instead.

  Keithley / Tektronix

  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.tektronix.Keithley_2450 is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.Keithley instead.
  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.tektronix.keithley_7510 is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.Keithley instead.
  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.tektronix.Keithley_s46 is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.Keithley instead.
  • Class Keithley_2000 is deprecated. Use Keithley2000 instead.
  • Class Keithley_2400 is deprecated. Use Keithley2400 instead.
  • Class Keithley_2600 is deprecated. Use Keithley2600 instead.
  • Class Keithley_3706A is deprecated. Use Keithley3706A instead.
  • Class Keithley_6500 is deprecated. Use Keithley6500 instead.
  • Class S46 is deprecated. Use KeithleyS46 instead.

  Keysight

  • Class B2962A is deprecated. Use KeysightB2962A instead.
  • Class MeasurementPair is deprecated. Use KeysightE4980AMeasurementPair instead.
  • Class E4980AMeasurements is deprecated. Use KeysightE4980AMeasurements instead.
  • Class Correction4980A is deprecated. Use KeysightE4980ACorrection instead.
  • Class BoundMeasurement is deprecated. Use KeysightInfiniiumBoundMeasurement instead.
  • Class UnboundMeasurement is deprecated. Use KeysightInfiniiumUnboundMeasurement instead.
  • Class InfiniiumFunction is deprecated. Use KeysightInfiniiumFunction instead.
  • Class InfiniiumChannel is deprecated. Use KeysightInfiniiumChannel instead.
  • Class Infiniium is deprecated. Use KeysightInfiniium instead.
  • Class N5173B is deprecated. Use KeysightN5173B instead.
  • Class N5183B is deprecated. Use KeysightN5183B instead.
  • Class N5222B is deprecated. Use KeysightN5222B instead.
  • Class N5230C is deprecated. Use KeysightN5230C instead.
  • Class N5245A is deprecated. Use KeysightN5245A instead.
  • Class N6705BChannel is deprecated. Use KeysightN6705BChannel instead.
  • Class N6705B is deprecated. Use KeysightN6705B instead.
  • Class N9030B is deprecated. Use KeysightN9030B instead.
  • Class P9374A is deprecated. Use KeysightP9374A instead.
  • Class KtM960x is deprecated. Use KeysightM960x instead.
  • Class KtMAWGChannel is deprecated. Use KeysightM9336AAWGChannel instead.
  • Class KtMAwg is deprecated. Use KeysightM9336A instead.

  Keysight B1500

  • Class B1511B is deprecated. Use KeysightB1511B instead.
  • Class IVSweeper is deprecated. Use KeysightB1500IVSweeper instead.
  • Class B1517A is deprecated. Use KeysightB1517A instead.
  • Class CVSweeper is deprecated. Use KeysightB1500CVSweeper instead.
  • Class B1520A is deprecated. Use KeysightB1520A instead.
  • Class CVSweepMeasurement is deprecated. Use KeysightB1500CVSweepMeasurement instead.
  • Class Correction is deprecated. Use KeysightB1500Correction instead.
  • Class FrequencyList is deprecated. Use KeysightB1500FrequencyList instead.
  • Class B1530A is deprecated. Use KeysightB1530A instead.

  Mini-Circuits

  • Class MC_channel (RC_SP4T) is deprecated. Use MiniCircuitsRCSP4TChannel instead.
  • Class RC_SP4T is deprecated. Use MiniCircuitsRCSP4T instead.
  • Class MC_channel (RC_SPDT) is deprecated. Use MiniCircuitsRCSPDTChannel instead.
  • Class RC_SPDT is deprecated. Use MiniCircuitsRCSPDT instead.
  • Class SwitchChannelUSB is deprecated. Use MiniCircuitsUsbSPDTSwitchChannel instead.
  • Class USB_SPDT is deprecated. Use MiniCircuitsUsbSPDT instead.
  • Class RUDAT_13G_90 is deprecated. Use MiniCircuitsRudat13G90Base instead.
  • Class RUDAT_13G_90_USB is deprecated. Use MiniCircuitsRudat13G90Usb instead.

  Oxford Instruments

  • Class Triton is deprecated. Use OxfordTriton instead.
  • Class MercuryWorkerPS is deprecated. Use OxfordMercuryWorkerPS instead.
  • Class MercuryiPS is deprecated. Use OxfordMercuryiPS instead.

  Rigol

  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol.DG1062 is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol instead.
  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol.DG4000 is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol instead.
  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol.DP821 is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol instead.
  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol.DP831 is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol instead.
  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol.DP832 is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol instead.
  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol.DS1074Z is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol instead.
  • Module qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol.DS4000 is deprecated. Import from qcodes.instrument_drivers.rigol instead.

  Rohde & Schwarz

  • Class RohdeSchwarz_SGS100A is deprecated. Use RohdeSchwarzSGS100A instead.

  Signal Hound

  • Class SignalHound_USB_SA124B is deprecated. Use SignalHoundUSBSA124B instead.

  Stanford Research Systems

  • Class SRS_SG384 is deprecated. Use SG384 instead.

  Tektronix

  • Class AWG5208 is deprecated. Use TektronixAWG5208 instead.
  • Class AWG70002A is deprecated. Use TektronixAWG70002A instead.
  • Class AWGChannel is deprecated. Use Tektronix70000AWGChannel instead.
  • Class Tektronix_AWG5014 is deprecated. Use TektronixAWG5014 instead.
  • Class ModeError is deprecated. Use TektronixDPOModeError instead.

  Weinschel

  • Class Weinschel_8320 is deprecated. Use Weinschel8320 instead.

  Yokogawa

  • Class GS200Exception is deprecated. Use YokogawaGS200Exception instead.
  • Class GS200_Monitor is deprecated. Use YokogawaGS200Monitor instead.
  • Class GS200Program is deprecated. Use YokogawaGS200Program instead.
  • Class GS200 is deprecated. Use YokogawaGS200 instead. Deprecate legacy alias modules in qcodes.instrument_drivers  #7292

• Refactored Keithley2600 driver parameter fastsweep to be a
  ParameterWithSetpoints instead of relying on deprecated qcodes_loop code.
  Contains breaking change since method doFastSweep has been replaced with
  setup_fastsweep(...) helper. Refactor Keithley 2600 driver to use ParameterWithSetpoints for fast sweep #7851

• The following deprecated modules, drivers, and APIs have been removed.

  Removed Modules:

  The following deprecated compatibility modules have been removed. Please import from the locations listed in the
  API documentation <https://microsoft.github.io/Qcodes/api/index.html>_ instead:

  • qcodes.utils.command
  • qcodes.utils.dataset (including qcodes.utils.dataset.doNd)
  • qcodes.utils.helpers
  • qcodes.utils.installation (use qcodes.extensions instead)
  • qcodes.utils.metadata
  • qcodes.utils.plotting
  • qcodes.utils.threading
  • qcodes.utils.validators (use qcodes.validators instead)
  • qcodes.instrument.base
  • qcodes.instrument.delegate.grouped_parameter (use qcodes.parameters instead)
  • qcodes.instrument.function (use qcodes.parameters instead)
  • qcodes.instrument.group_parameter (use qcodes.parameters instead)
  • qcodes.instrument.parameter (use qcodes.parameters instead)
  • qcodes.instrument.specialized_parameters (use qcodes.parameters instead)
  • qcodes.instrument.sweep_values (use qcodes.parameters instead)

  Removed Drivers:

  The following deprecated driver aliases have been removed. Use the replacement drivers listed below:

  • qcodes.instrument_drivers.Lakeshore.Model_325 — use LakeshoreModel325 instead.
  • qcodes.instrument_drivers.Lakeshore.Model_336 — use LakeshoreModel336 instead.
  • qcodes.instrument_drivers.Lakeshore.Model_372 — use LakeshoreModel372 instead.

  Other Changes:

  • DataSet.to_xarray_dataarray_dict, DataSetInMem.to_xarray_dataarray_dict, and
    DataSetCache.to_xarray_dataarray_dict have been removed. Use to_xarray_dataset_dict instead.
  • load_to_xarray_dataarray_dict in qcodes.dataset.exporters.export_to_xarray has been removed.
    Use load_to_xarray_dataset_dict instead.
  • InterDependencies_.non_dependencies property has been removed. Use top_level_parameters instead.
  • ChannelTuple.get_channel_by_name no longer accepts multiple names. Pass a single name to get a single
    channel. Use get_channels_by_name for multiple channels. The argument name has changed from names to name
    to reflect this.
  • The has_current_rating keyword argument to AMIModel430 has been removed as it had no effect.
  • The deprecated import of qcodes.utils.validators from qcodes.utils.__init__ has been removed. Remove expired deprecations #7934

• qcodes.instrument.mockers.ami430.MockAMI430 has been deprecated. This class is unused
  within QCoDeS and is not expected to be used externally. Deprecate MockAMI430 #7972

• A new resource parameter has been added that accepts an already-opened
  pyvisa.resources.MessageBasedResource, allowing a VisaInstrument to be
  constructed from an existing PyVISA resource handle. The resource parameter
  cannot be combined with address, visalib or pyvisa_sim_file. These arguments
  are only used to construct a new resource.

  The resource_manager, visabackend and visalib visa_handle attributes of
  :class:.VisaInstrument have been converted to read-only properties.

  The _address property is deprecated in favour of address.
  The visalib property is deprecated in favour of visabackend.

  The method set_address now takes visalib as an argument. If this
  is not supplied the default visa library will be used. Visa improvments #7978

Improved:

• Fixed to_xarray_dataset failing with a MergeError when exporting
  incomplete measurements where a shared setpoint parameter was treated as a
  coordinate in some sub-datasets and a data variable in others. This could
  happen when the actual data shape did not match the declared shape (e.g. a
  measurement that was interrupted before completion) and one of the sweep axes
  had non-unique values, causing different export code paths to disagree on the
  role of the shared setpoint. More robust export of interrupted datasets #7960

• initialise_database, initialise_or_create_database_at, and initialised_database_at
  now accept more consistent arguments:

  • initialise_database accepts a new db_path parameter to specify the database file
    location directly, instead of always reading from the config.
  • initialised_database_at accepts a new journal_mode parameter, consistent with
    initialise_database and initialise_or_create_database_at. More consistent arguments to db init functions #7967

• The Minicircuits USB SPDT driver now has a minicircuits_usb_spdt optional dependency target,
  allowing installation via pip install qcodes[minicircuits_usb_spdt]. At the moment this is only
  supported on Windows since the vendor only ships a driver for Windows. Add target for minicircuits_usb_spdt driver #7986

Improved Drivers:

• Converted get_error, ramp, pause, zero, reset_quench, set_quenched,
  and reset on AMIModel430 from QCoDeS functions (add_function) to proper methods.
  The zero method now invalidates the field parameter cache and updates the parent
  AMIModel4303D driver's internal setpoint tracking when called on a child instrument.
  Fixed AMIModel4303D to properly set _parent_instrument on child AMIModel430
  instruments during initialization, enabling the safety-check delegation path in
  set_field. Also fixed _request_field_change to correctly call _set_setpoints
  instead of non-existent _set_x/_set_y/_set_z methods. AMI430 improvments #7923
• Add parameter to Keithley2600 driver to enable/disable four-wire measurements. Add param to enable four-wire measurement on Keithley 2600 driver. #7942
• The AMI430SwitchHeater snapshot now skips updating heater-specific parameters
  (state, in_persistent_mode, current, heat_time, cool_time) when
  the switch heater is not enabled. This prevents VISA query failures on real hardware
  when the heater is not installed. Ami snapshot fix #8009

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