Let's go in medias res and have a look at a simple example: >>> import pyvisa >>> rm = pyvisa.ResourceManager() >>> rm.list_resources() ('ASRL1::INSTR', 'ASRL2::INSTR ...

A resource represents an instrument, e.g. a measurement device. There are multiple classes derived from resources representing the different available types of resources (eg. GPIB, Serial). Each ...