Improved layout.

src/nqrduck_measurement/controller.py

@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ class MeasurementController(ModuleController):
 
     def start_measurement(self):
         logger.debug("Start measurement clicked")
-        self.module.nqrduck_signal.emit("start_measurement", None)
+        self.module.view.measurement_dialog.show()
+        self.module.nqrduck_signal.emit("start_measurement", None)  
 
     def process_signals(self, key: str, value: Measurement):
-        if key == "single_measurement":
+        logger.debug("Measurement Dialog is visible: " + str(self.module.view.measurement_dialog.isVisible()))
+
+        if key == "measurement_data" and self.module.view.measurement_dialog.isVisible():
             logger.debug("Received single measurement.")
             self.module.model.single_measurement = value
+            self.module.view.measurement_dialog.hide()

src/nqrduck_measurement/resources/measurement_widget.ui

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy">
-   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Minimum">
+   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
     <horstretch>0</horstretch>
     <verstretch>0</verstretch>
    </sizepolicy>
@@ -21,9 +21,57 @@
   </property>
   <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
    <item>
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2" stretch="0,1">
      <item>
-      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="settingsLayout" stretch="0,0,0,0,0">
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="titleLable">
+         <property name="font">
+          <font>
+           <weight>75</weight>
+           <bold>true</bold>
+          </font>
+         </property>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Single Frequency Measurement: </string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="spectrometerLayout">
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="spectrometerLabel">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Spectrometer:</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
+         <item row="0" column="0">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Target Frequency</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item row="1" column="1">
+          <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEdit_2"/>
+         </item>
+         <item row="1" column="0">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Averages</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item row="0" column="1">
+          <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEdit"/>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="buttonStart">
          <property name="text">
@@ -32,18 +80,31 @@
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item>
-        <widget class="QLabel" name="labelSpectrometer">
+        <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
-         <property name="text">
+         <property name="orientation">
-          <string>Spectrometer:</string>
+          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
          </property>
-        </widget>
+         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+          <size>
+           <width>20</width>
+           <height>40</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
+        </spacer>
        </item>
       </layout>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="plotterLayout" stretch="0">
        <item>
-        <widget class="MplWidget" name="plotter" native="true"/>
+        <widget class="MplWidget" name="plotter" native="true">
+         <property name="sizePolicy">
+          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
+           <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+          </sizepolicy>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
        </item>
       </layout>
      </item>
@@ -55,7 +116,7 @@
   <customwidget>
    <class>MplWidget</class>
    <extends>QWidget</extends>
-   <header>contrib/mplwidget.h</header>
+   <header>nqrduck/contrib/mplwidget.h</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>

src/nqrduck_measurement/view.py

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import logging
 import numpy as np
-from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QWidget
+from pathlib import Path
-from PyQt6.QtCore import pyqtSlot
+import matplotlib as mpl
-from .widget import Ui_Form
+from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QWidget, QDialog, QLabel, QVBoxLayout
+from PyQt6.QtGui import QMovie
+from PyQt6.QtCore import pyqtSlot, Qt
 from nqrduck.module.module_view import ModuleView
+from .widget import Ui_Form
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -11,15 +14,50 @@ class MeasurementView(ModuleView):
     def __init__(self, module):
         super().__init__(module)
 
+        mpl.rcParams.update({
+            "figure.facecolor":  (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.00),  # transparent   
+            "axes.facecolor":    (0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.03),  # green 
+            "savefig.facecolor": (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0),  # transparent
+        })
+
+        # Set custom matplotlib parameters
+        mpl.rcParams['figure.subplot.bottom'] = 0.2
+        mpl.rcParams['axes.linewidth'] = 1.5
+        mpl.rcParams['xtick.major.width'] = 1.5
+        mpl.rcParams['ytick.major.width'] = 1.5
+        mpl.rcParams['xtick.minor.width'] = 1.5
+        mpl.rcParams['ytick.minor.width'] = 1.5
+        mpl.rcParams['xtick.major.size'] = 6
+        mpl.rcParams['ytick.major.size'] = 6
+        mpl.rcParams['xtick.minor.size'] = 4
+        mpl.rcParams['ytick.minor.size'] = 4
+
         widget = QWidget()
         self._ui_form = Ui_Form()
         self._ui_form.setupUi(self)
         self.widget = widget
 
+        # Initialize plotter
+        self.init_plotter()
+        logger.debug("Facecolor %s" % str(self._ui_form.plotter.canvas.ax.get_facecolor()))
+
+        # Measurement dialog
+        self.measurement_dialog = self.MeasurementDialog() 
+
         # Connect signals
         self.module.model.single_measurement_changed.connect(self.update_single_measurement)
         self._ui_form.buttonStart.clicked.connect(self.on_measurement_start_button_clicked)
 
+    def init_plotter(self):
+        plotter = self._ui_form.plotter
+        plotter.canvas.ax.set_xlim(0, 100)
+        plotter.canvas.ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
+        plotter.canvas.ax.set_xlabel("Time (µs)")
+        plotter.canvas.ax.set_ylabel("Amplitude (a.u.)")
+        plotter.canvas.ax.set_title("Measurement data")
+        plotter.canvas.ax.grid()
+        plotter.canvas.draw()
+
     @pyqtSlot()
     def update_single_measurement(self):
         logger.debug("Updating single measurement view.")
@@ -28,15 +66,44 @@ class MeasurementView(ModuleView):
         tdy = self.module.model.single_measurement.tdy
         #correcting a offset in the time domain by subtracting the mean
         tdy_mean = tdy[:,0]-np.mean(tdy)
-        self._ui_form.plotter.canvas.ax.clear()  # Clear the axes for the new plot
-        self._ui_form.plotter.canvas.ax.plot(tdx, tdy_mean)
         self._ui_form.plotter.canvas.ax.set_xlabel("Time (µs)")
         self._ui_form.plotter.canvas.ax.set_ylabel("Amplitude (a.u.)")
-        self._ui_form.plotter.canvas.ax.set_title("Single measurement")
+        self._ui_form.plotter.canvas.ax.set_title("Measurement data")
+        self._ui_form.plotter.canvas.ax.clear()  # Clear the axes for the new plot
+        self._ui_form.plotter.canvas.ax.plot(tdx, tdy_mean)
         self._ui_form.plotter.canvas.ax.grid()
         self._ui_form.plotter.canvas.draw()
 
     @pyqtSlot()
     def on_measurement_start_button_clicked(self):
         logger.debug("Measurement start button clicked.")
-        self.module.controller.start_measurement()
+        self.module.controller.start_measurement()
+
+    class MeasurementDialog(QDialog):
+        def __init__(self):
+            super().__init__()
+            self.finished = True
+            self.setModal(True)
+            self.setWindowFlag(Qt.WindowType.FramelessWindowHint)
+            self.setAttribute(Qt.WidgetAttribute.WA_TranslucentBackground)
+
+            path = Path(__file__).parent
+            self.spinner_movie = QMovie(str(path / "resources/duck_kick.gif"))  # Replace with your own spinner gif
+            self.spinner_label = QLabel(self)
+            self.spinner_label.setMovie(self.spinner_movie)
+
+            self.layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
+            self.layout.addWidget(self.spinner_label)
+
+            self.spinner_movie.finished.connect(self.on_movie_finished)
+
+            self.spinner_movie.start()
+
+        def on_movie_finished(self):
+            self.finished = True
+
+        def hide(self):
+            while not self.finished:
+                continue
+            self.spinner_movie.stop()
+            super().hide()

src/nqrduck_measurement/widget.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Ui_Form(object):
     def setupUi(self, Form):
         Form.setObjectName("Form")
         Form.resize(1920, 1080)
-        sizePolicy = QtWidgets.QSizePolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Policy.Minimum, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Policy.Minimum)
+        sizePolicy = QtWidgets.QSizePolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding)
         sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
         sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
         sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(Form.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
@@ -22,21 +22,54 @@ class Ui_Form(object):
         self.horizontalLayout.setObjectName("horizontalLayout")
         self.horizontalLayout_2 = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
         self.horizontalLayout_2.setObjectName("horizontalLayout_2")
-        self.verticalLayout_2 = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
+        self.settingsLayout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
-        self.verticalLayout_2.setObjectName("verticalLayout_2")
+        self.settingsLayout.setObjectName("settingsLayout")
+        self.titleLable = QtWidgets.QLabel(parent=Form)
+        font = QtGui.QFont()
+        font.setBold(True)
+        font.setWeight(75)
+        self.titleLable.setFont(font)
+        self.titleLable.setObjectName("titleLable")
+        self.settingsLayout.addWidget(self.titleLable)
+        self.spectrometerLayout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
+        self.spectrometerLayout.setObjectName("spectrometerLayout")
+        self.spectrometerLabel = QtWidgets.QLabel(parent=Form)
+        self.spectrometerLabel.setObjectName("spectrometerLabel")
+        self.spectrometerLayout.addWidget(self.spectrometerLabel)
+        self.settingsLayout.addLayout(self.spectrometerLayout)
+        self.gridLayout = QtWidgets.QGridLayout()
+        self.gridLayout.setObjectName("gridLayout")
+        self.label = QtWidgets.QLabel(parent=Form)
+        self.label.setObjectName("label")
+        self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.label, 0, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.lineEdit_2 = QtWidgets.QLineEdit(parent=Form)
+        self.lineEdit_2.setObjectName("lineEdit_2")
+        self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.lineEdit_2, 1, 1, 1, 1)
+        self.label_2 = QtWidgets.QLabel(parent=Form)
+        self.label_2.setObjectName("label_2")
+        self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.label_2, 1, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.lineEdit = QtWidgets.QLineEdit(parent=Form)
+        self.lineEdit.setObjectName("lineEdit")
+        self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.lineEdit, 0, 1, 1, 1)
+        self.settingsLayout.addLayout(self.gridLayout)
         self.buttonStart = QtWidgets.QPushButton(parent=Form)
         self.buttonStart.setObjectName("buttonStart")
-        self.verticalLayout_2.addWidget(self.buttonStart)
+        self.settingsLayout.addWidget(self.buttonStart)
-        self.labelSpectrometer = QtWidgets.QLabel(parent=Form)
+        spacerItem = QtWidgets.QSpacerItem(20, 40, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Policy.Minimum, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding)
-        self.labelSpectrometer.setObjectName("labelSpectrometer")
+        self.settingsLayout.addItem(spacerItem)
-        self.verticalLayout_2.addWidget(self.labelSpectrometer)
+        self.horizontalLayout_2.addLayout(self.settingsLayout)
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.addLayout(self.verticalLayout_2)
+        self.plotterLayout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
-        self.verticalLayout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
+        self.plotterLayout.setObjectName("plotterLayout")
-        self.verticalLayout.setObjectName("verticalLayout")
         self.plotter = MplWidget(parent=Form)
+        sizePolicy = QtWidgets.QSizePolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding)
+        sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
+        sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
+        sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(self.plotter.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
+        self.plotter.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
         self.plotter.setObjectName("plotter")
-        self.verticalLayout.addWidget(self.plotter)
+        self.plotterLayout.addWidget(self.plotter)
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.addLayout(self.verticalLayout)
+        self.horizontalLayout_2.addLayout(self.plotterLayout)
+        self.horizontalLayout_2.setStretch(1, 1)
         self.horizontalLayout.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout_2)
 
         self.retranslateUi(Form)
@@ -45,7 +78,9 @@ class Ui_Form(object):
     def retranslateUi(self, Form):
         _translate = QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate
         Form.setWindowTitle(_translate("Form", "Form"))
+        self.titleLable.setText(_translate("Form", "Single Frequency Measurement: "))
+        self.spectrometerLabel.setText(_translate("Form", "Spectrometer:"))
+        self.label.setText(_translate("Form", "Target Frequency"))
+        self.label_2.setText(_translate("Form", "Averages"))
         self.buttonStart.setText(_translate("Form", "Start Measurement"))
-        self.labelSpectrometer.setText(_translate("Form", "Spectrometer:"))
-
 from nqrduck.contrib.mplwidget import MplWidget