Visual studio dependency?

Hi, I was trying to use the downsample_logging.py example, but I kept getting errors in python. I tried to install the dependencies and I believe the “joulescope” was the one that wasn’t working. It seemed the error had something to do with Visual Studio.

Can someone take a look at the error and tell me what steps I need to run to get the downsample_logging example working?

the downsample_logging error

PS C:\Users\test\Downloads\pyjoulescope_examples-main\pyjoulescope_examples-main> python .\bin\downsample_logging.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\test\Downloads\pyjoulescope_examples-main\pyjoulescope_examples-main\bin\downsample_logging.py", line 82, in <module>
    from pyjoulescope_driver import Driver, time64
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pyjoulescope_driver'
PS C:\Users\test\Downloads\pyjoulescope_examples-main\pyjoulescope_examples-main>

the pip install error

PS C:\Users\test\Downloads\pyjoulescope_examples-main\pyjoulescope_examples-main> pip3 install joulescope
Collecting joulescope
  Using cached joulescope-1.1.15.tar.gz (893 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [50 lines of output]
      Collecting Cython
        Using cached Cython-3.0.11-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl.metadata (3.2 kB)
      Collecting numpy<2,>=1.23
        Using cached numpy-1.26.4.tar.gz (15.8 MB)
        Installing build dependencies: started
        Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
        Getting requirements to build wheel: started
        Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'done'
        Installing backend dependencies: started
        Installing backend dependencies: finished with status 'done'
        Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): started
        Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'error'
        error: subprocess-exited-with-error

        Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
        exit code: 1

        [21 lines of output]
        + C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\python.exe C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-av31_qy5\numpy_9d908e1ec30c4a8d972a2ff08bf02699\vendored-meson\meson\meson.py setup C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-av31_qy5\numpy_9d908e1ec30c4a8d972a2ff08bf02699 C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-av31_qy5\numpy_9d908e1ec30c4a8d972a2ff08bf02699\.mesonpy-cfgfd4rj -Dbuildtype=release -Db_ndebug=if-release -Db_vscrt=md --native-file=C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-av31_qy5\numpy_9d908e1ec30c4a8d972a2ff08bf02699\.mesonpy-cfgfd4rj\meson-python-native-file.ini
        The Meson build system
        Version: 1.2.99
        Source dir: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-av31_qy5\numpy_9d908e1ec30c4a8d972a2ff08bf02699
        Build dir: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-av31_qy5\numpy_9d908e1ec30c4a8d972a2ff08bf02699\.mesonpy-cfgfd4rj
        Build type: native build
        Project name: NumPy
        Project version: 1.26.4
        WARNING: Failed to activate VS environment: Could not find C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe

        ..\meson.build:1:0: ERROR: Unknown compiler(s): [['icl'], ['cl'], ['cc'], ['gcc'], ['clang'], ['clang-cl'], ['pgcc']]
        The following exception(s) were encountered:
        Running `icl ""` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"
        Running `cl /?` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"
        Running `cc --version` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"
        Running `gcc --version` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"
        Running `clang --version` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"
        Running `clang-cl /?` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"
        Running `pgcc --version` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"

        A full log can be found at C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-av31_qy5\numpy_9d908e1ec30c4a8d972a2ff08bf02699\.mesonpy-cfgfd4rj\meson-logs\meson-log.txt
        [end of output]

        note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
      error: metadata-generation-failed

      Encountered error while generating package metadata.

      See above for output.

      note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
      hint: See above for details.
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

[notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.2 -> 24.3.1
[notice] To update, run: python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
PS C:\Users\test\Downloads\pyjoulescope_examples-main\pyjoulescope_examples-main> pip install --only-binary :all: joulescope
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement joulescope (from versions: none)

[notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.2 -> 24.3.1
[notice] To update, run: python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
ERROR: No matching distribution found for joulescope
PS C:\Users\test\Downloads\pyjoulescope_examples-main\pyjoulescope_examples-main> pip install --only-binary joulescope

[notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.2 -> 24.3.1
[notice] To update, run: python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
ERROR: You must give at least one requirement to install (see "pip help install")
PS C:\Users\test\Downloads\pyjoulescope_examples-main\pyjoulescope_examples-main>

Most of the Joulescope python packages do not yet support Python 3.13, which just came out Oct 7. Only pyjls supports Python 3.13 so far. We will be adding Python 3.13 support to pyjoulescope_driver and joulescope packages in the coming weeks. We will add Numpy 2 support at the same time. For now, you are also stuck on Python 3.12 and Numpy 1.

Can you use Python 3.12 for the time being?