pulsarbat.readers.DADAStokesReader#

class pulsarbat.readers.DADAStokesReader(name, /)[source]#

Reader for full Stokes data in DADA format.

Parameters

name: File name, filehandle, or sequence of file names to pass on to baseband.open() to create a DADAStreamReader object via baseband.open(name, ‘rs’, format=’dada’).

Attributes

`complex_data`	Whether the data is complex-valued.
`dt`	Sample spacing (`1 / sample_rate`).
`dtype`	Data-type of data.
`intensity`	Where the data is intensity data (as opposed to raw baseband).
`lower_sideband`	Whether data is lower sideband (LSB) data.
`ndim`	Number of dimensions in data.
`real_baseband`	Whether the data is real-valued baseband data.
`sample_rate`	Sample rate of the signal data.
`sample_shape`	Shape of a sample.
`shape`	Shape of data.
`start_time`	Timestamp at first sample.
`stop_time`	Timestamp after last sample.
`time_length`	Length of signal in time units.

Methods

`contains`(t, /)	Whether time(s) are within the bounds of the signal.
`dask_read`(offset, n, /, **kwargs)	Read n samples from given offset using Dask arrays.
`offset_at`(t, /)	Returns nearest integer offset at given time.
`read`(offset, n, /, **kwargs)	Read n samples from given offset.
`time_at`(offset, /[, unit])	Returns time at given offset.

contains(t, /)#: Whether time(s) are within the bounds of the signal.

dask_read(offset, n, /, **kwargs)#

Read n samples from given offset using Dask arrays.

A convenience method equivalent to the read() method with use_dask=True.

Parameters

offsetint: Position to read from. Must be non-negative.
nint: Number of samples to read. Must be non-negative.
**kwargs: See read() for list of supported kwargs.

Returns

Signal: Signal of length n containing data that was read as a Dask array.

offset_at(t, /)#

Returns nearest integer offset at given time.

Parameters

tQuantity or Time: Can be an absolute time as an astropy Time object, or an astropy Quantity in time units relative to the start.

Returns

int: The nearest integer position (in number of samples).

read(offset, n, /, **kwargs)#

Read n samples from given offset.

Parameters

offsetint

Position to read from. Must be non-negative.

nint

Number of samples to read. Must be non-negative.

**kwargs

Currently supported keyword arguments:

use_dask – Whether to use dask arrays.

chunks – Chunk sizes if using dask arrays. By default, there is no chunking along the zeroth dimension.

lock – A lock object to prevent concurrent reads. Must be a context manager.

Returns

Signal: Signal of length n containing data that was read.

time_at(offset, /, unit=None)#

Returns time at given offset.

Parameters

offsetint: Position in number of samples.
unitUnit, optional: Desired unit of returned value (as an astropy unit). By default (None), the absolute timestamp is returned.

Returns

Quantity or Time: Time relative to the start as an astropy Quantity if unit is provided, otherwise an absolute time as an astropy Time object.