Platforms storage

To define a platform the user needs to provide a folder with the following structure:

my_platform/
    platform.py
    parameters.json

where platform.py contains instruments information and parameters.json includes calibration parameters.

Setting up the environment

After defining the platform, we must instruct qibolab of the location of the platform(s). We need to define the path that contains platform folders. This can be done using an environment variable: for Unix based systems:

export QIBOLAB_PLATFORMS=<path-platform-folders>

for Windows:

$env:QIBOLAB_PLATFORMS="<path-to-platform-folders>"

To avoid having to repeat this export command for every session, this line can be added to the .bashrc file (or alternatives such as .zshrc).