start of module for communicating with tektronix scopes.

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diff --git a/tektronix.py b/tektronix.py
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+import socket
+
+preamble_fields = {'BYT_NR': int, # data width for waveform
+                   'BIT_NR': int, # number of bits per waveform point
+                   'ENCDG' : str, # encoding of waveform (binary/ascii)
+                   'BN_FMT': str, # binary format of waveform
+                   'BYT_OR': str, # ordering of waveform data bytes (LSB/MSB)
+                   'NR_PT' : int, # record length of record waveform
+                   'WFID'  : str, # description string of waveform
+                   'PT_FMT': str, # format of reverence waveform (Y/ENV)
+                   'PT_OFF': int,
+                   'XZERO' : float,
+                   'XUNIT' : str,
+                   'YMULT' : float,
+                   'YZERO' : float,
+                   'YOFF'  : float,
+                   'YUNIT' : str,
+                   'NR_FR' : int }
+
+class TekScope(object):
+    def __init__(self, host, port):
+        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.sock.connect((host,port))
+
+    def send(self, msg):
+        self.sock.sendall(msg)
+
+    def recv(self):
+        buffer = ''
+
+        while True:
+            buffer += self.sock.recv(1024)
+
+            if buffer.endswith('\n'):
+                break
+
+        return buffer