Tag: software

  • LaTeX Tips and Tricks for Thesis Writing

    LaTeX Tips and Tricks for Thesis Writing

    I am currently writing my thesis, using LaTeX as is standard in astronomy, and I have learned some tips and tricks that I wish I had known years ago.

  • Reverse Engineering Extech EM100 Driver Software

    Reverse Engineering Extech EM100 Driver Software

    Here is an open-source driver for interpreting the data produced by the Extech EM100! The Extech EM100 is a discontinued electrical meter (kind of like a Kill-a-Watt). Software and drivers for it no longer exist. So, naturally, I made my own.

  • Adventures displaying images with Matplotlib

    Adventures displaying images with Matplotlib

    I have recently been using Matplotlib to create graphics for a paper I am writing. One thing that has been bugging me, though, was a quirk in imshow which caused aliasing in the PDF exports of my images. I had assumed this wouldn’t be an issue based on the fact that PDF is a vector…