Scikit-rf

This new release of scikit-rf brings some new features and important performance increases in Network connections and Circuit. The list of changes is detailled below. Many thanks to all contributors!


What's Changed
New Features
* Add Violin Plots by ericwrice in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1083
* Add Noise Figure Circles by ericwrice in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1082

Bug Fixes
* fix wrong fix-2 flip in ieeep370 with z correction by mhuser in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1072
* Reorder port names by ericwrice in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1089
* scaled frequency units by soxand16 in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1100
* Add valid case to convert_8term_2_12term function where switch_terms … by floschl in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1073
* Fix plot_minmax_bounds_component docs by ericwrice in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1084
* Fixed the issue that the Network copy method lost some attributes. by Asachoo in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1085
* Fix 1087 by ericwrice in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1092

Performance Improvements
* Network innerconnect by Asachoo in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1071
* Speed up Circuit.s_external property(method) by using block matrix ca… by Asachoo in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1070
* Reduce the circuit to obtain a Network-consistent "equivalent circuit" by Asachoo in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1069
* Optimize the performance of innerconnect_s method. by Asachoo in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1094
* Optimize the performance of the reduce_circuit function in specific situations by Asachoo in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1080
* Optimize the performance of connect method. by Asachoo in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1095
* Optimize the performance of Network copy mehod by Asachoo in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1096

Code Quality
* run permissions by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1064
* Test allclose instead of equality by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1066
* Numeric issues by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1067
* Change all occurences of npy to np by cafeclimber in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1061

New Contributors
* soxand16 made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1100

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.0

The major release 1.0.0 of scikit-rf is the result of 14 years of developement by around 80 contributors. In the recent months, the codebase and its API has been reorganized, cleaned and optimized, to provide a robust and well-tested RF/Microwave engineering package.

The version 1.0.0 does not include major changes with respect to the previous versions. This number 1.0.0 just aims to show for current and future users, that the scikit-rf package has now reached a significant level of maturity, a sufficient stable and performant state, ready for production use. It means that the developers consider scikit-rf to be ready for a widespread adoption.

Of course, scikit-rf development will continue, with new features, bug fixes, improved performances, in its subsequent versions.

Looking ahead to future release, we have releases a survey is intended for all the users of scikit-rf, in order for the developers to get some feedback, to determine what are the functionalities used the most and the less, the ones which could be improved, and to determine the directions for the future of the package. Thank you for your time in answering this survey. This should take 5 minutes and your feedback will be very useful.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTNfqZLcTeMV-8IkWOAKkDsd37EzOMhZmp5oI-zat9W99EUg/viewform



What's Changed
* Fix 10ports by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1042
* Advanced Smith Chart examples with markers or background by mhuser in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1041
* Run CI against nightly as well by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1044
* Updated 8510 class with bugfixes and compound sweep support by jjoonathan in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1040
* Fix linter by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1046
* CI speedup by jhillairet in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1045
* Vector Fitting: Docstrings by Vinc0110 in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1036
* Remove Network2 by jhillairet in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1031
* Move apps to a seprate repo by jhillairet in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1055


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/compare/v.0.32.0...v1.0.0

v.0.32.0
This version 0.32.0 of scikit-rf includes new features, optimizations, fixes and important effort to improve the code quality.


New Features
* Touchstone File Version 2 with parameters different from S are now supported. Finalize ts2 support by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1009
* Support of N-port mismatch junction (arbitrary real reference impedance) in `Circuit` by mhuser in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1028
* A fully automatic version of `VectorFitting.vector_fit()` (No need to provide the number of poles, which can sometimes be very challenging), called `VectorFitting.auto_fit()` by Vinc0110 in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1033

Optimization
* `Circuit` optimization (`C` function) by jhillairet in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1013

Deprecation
* `Network2` is now deprecated. It will be removed in future versions. by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1034

Fixes, Code Quality and Continuous Integration
* Fix pre-commit config by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1018
* Dev/GitHub actions bump versions by jhillairet in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1016
* Remove white-space from directory name by mchristen-astranis in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1019
* Enable more Ruff rules and clean codebase to pass ruff test by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1020
* Fix CI Tests by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1021
* Ruff rules for numpy by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1023
* Enable B check in ruff by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1024
* Update ruff to detect np.random.random calls by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1029
* Remove some unused code by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1030

New Contributors
* mchristen-astranis made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1019

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/compare/v0.31.0...v.0.32.0

This new version of scikit-rf includes the support of Touchstone V2 format, a new gain circle features and many improvements and bug fixes.

New Features
* Start touchstone 2 support by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/993
* Add gain circle by keikawa in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/998

Improvements
* Make SOLT class inherit run method from TwelveTermModel to allow arbitrary thrus by floschl in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/990
* Vector Fitting: Removing deprecated `zeros` attribute by Vinc0110 in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/996
* Allow printing of Networks with empty frequency range by eendebakpt in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/991
* Vector Fitting: Support for large number of parameters by Vinc0110 in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1004

Continuous Integration
* use old version of labler by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/985
* Re enable pr labeler by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/986
* Fixing CI tests by Vinc0110 in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1006

Bug Fixes
* Set default f_unit to Hz by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/1008

New Contributors
* floschl made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/990

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/compare/v0.30.0...v0.31.0

This new release includes some new features and bugfixes:

Improvements
* Add support for python3.12 by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/966
* Force PNA to use expected format for SNP data by mjpelmear in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/976
* Define circuit name at initialization by rragona in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/979
* Deal with deficient Z or Y matrices in y2z() and z2y() by Vinc0110 in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/978

Bug fixes
* Remove `html_theme_path` setting from docs config to fix search & other JavaScript functions by miek in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/970
* Fix de-embedding when 2 networks are provided by atavella in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/971
* NanoVNA fixes by miek in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/968

New Contributors
* miek made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/970
* atavella made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/971
* rragona made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/979

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/compare/v0.29.1...v0.30.0

This minor version contains bug and documentation fixes.

The detailed list of changed is:

What's Changed
* Fix `network_2_dataframe` for more than 10 ports by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/955
* Check python 3.12 compatibility by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/956
* Fix plotting notebook for Matplotlib 3.8 by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/959
* Fix VI documentation issue by cafeclimber in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/954
* Add timeout argument to VNA constructor by cafeclimber in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/958
* Avoid running constructor multiple times when import skrf by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/957
* Use correct x-axis for time_mag and time_db plots by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/961
* Fix 951 by Vinc0110 in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/962


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/compare/v0.29.0...v0.29.1

The version 0.29.0 of scikit-rf includes two major changes in the API, three new features and many important improvements and bug fixes. Please see the description below for additional information:

Major Changes
* **SI units for frequency and time are now the new default** by jhillairet in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/935
* **New VNA implementation** by cafeclimber in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/744

New Features
* Supports the creation of capacitors and inductors with Q factor by Asachoo in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/933
* Stability circles by keikawa in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/943
* Add TUG multiline TRL and a method to compute switch terms indirectly by ZiadHatab in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/929

Improvements
* New implementation of the automatically generated docstrings for plotting methods by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/848

Bug Fixes
* Fix true-false-comparison errors. by bchpmn in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/937
* fix switch term termination function by ZiadHatab in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/938
* export unscaled frequency to dataframe by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/945

Documentation
* Update Calibration.ipynb by mjpelmear in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/930
* Updating documentations by jhillairet in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/936
* Add classifiers for pypi by FranzForstmayr in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/944

New Contributors
* mjpelmear made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/930
* ZiadHatab made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/929
* bchpmn made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/pull/937

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/compare/v0.28.0...v0.29.0