v0.3a4

What's Changed

• Move methods from flyer to standard detector to support multiple detector collection by @abbiemery in #116
• Made panda use pva signal backend instead of pvi_get by @rosesyrett in #43
• Improve error message for failed p4p put by @tomtrafford in #119
• fixed a bug in the PvaDict metadata_fields and value_fields by @evalott100 in #143
• Add detector control for PandA Pcap by @tomtrafford in #138
• Enum extension by @DiamondJoseph in #147
• Allow for blank enum names from binary records by @DiamondJoseph in #152
• Pin to bluesky alpha release rather than git branch by @callumforrester in #157
• Include Type Stubs for PySide6 by @callumforrester in #164
• Document How to Write Tests for Devices by @callumforrester in #163
• Tidy up core detector module docs by @callumforrester in #159
• Clean up pvi signal generation by @evalott100 in #142
• Update codecov action to v4 by @coretl in #186
• Move trigger logic into dedicated plan stub by @abbiemery in #175
• Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #11
• Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 0.1.14 to 0.1.15 by @dependabot in #3
• Move panda trigger test by @abbiemery in #188
• Pin event model to pre StreamResource Changes by @abbiemery in #187
• Drop python 3.9 support by @dperl-dls in #171
• 131 make a simulated detector that can write hdf files by @stan-dot in #144
• Breaking Change: Rename and add motor fields by @DominicOram in #174
• Add PandA hdf writer 2 by @evalott100 in #198
• Fix CONTRIBUTING heading by @GDYendell in #222
• Add docstring for DeviceVector and document how to group devices by @callumforrester in #183
• Refactor Signal type parsing in pvi logic by @GDYendell in #225
• Adopt Copier template by @DiamondJoseph in #207
• Update Pilatus Controller, Driver to match development of ADAravis, TetrAMM by @DiamondJoseph in #191
• slight change to fix linting by @evalott100 in #234
• Return enum when PV exactly matches it, otherwise fail by @DominicOram in #237
• Add SignalRW helpers by @GDYendell in #221
• Add create_soft_signal_r and creates_soft_signal_rw methods by @jsouter in #217
• add pyside6 system dependencies by @gilesknap in #244
• Add Simulation motor by @gilesknap in #224
• Add name argument to Signal, epics_signal_* and soft_signal_* by @jsouter in #247
• Add Async Protocols by @OCopping in #219
• Fixes broken link on docs page by @RobertSchaffer1 in #253
• Remove extraneous Pilatus constructor arg by @DiamondJoseph in #255
• Make HDFPandA StandardDetector by @evalott100 in #185
• Move ADAravis detectors to ophyd-async by @DiamondJoseph in #190
• Add missed imports by @abbiemery in #258
• Reduce boilerplate when creating Devices by @AlexanderWells-diamond in #240
• 199 test helpers for assering value reading and configuration by @Relm-Arrowny in #226
• Adding driver and controller classes for Kinetix and Vimba cameras by @jwlodek in #216
• add the flowchart and config update by @stan-dot in #269
• Make sure HDF file dataset location is always default. by @Villtord in #235
• Correct types of motor fields (high_limit, low_limit, done_move) by @Tom-Willemsen in #273
• Fix docs and tidy README by @coretl in #272
• add SimMotor test_timeout by @gilesknap in #264
• Corect indent - Update choose-interfaces-for-devices.md by @stan-dot in #270
• Bump pyside6 from 6.6.2 to 6.7.0 in the dev-dependencies group by @dependabot in #231
• Bump peaceiris/actions-gh-pages from 3.9.3 to 4.0.0 by @dependabot in #202
• Fix p4p converter bug by @evalott100 in #276
• Use DataKey instead of Descriptor by @DiamondJoseph in #153
• Add design goals and simple explanation of flyscanning by @callumforrester in #113
• Add log formatter with colour by @olliesilvester in #277
• Standardise and add documentation for creating new StandardDetector implementations by @DiamondJoseph in #281
• Use autouse fixture to set env vars required for EPICS to use lo interface by @jwlodek in #283
• Add logging messages to signals by @olliesilvester in #275
• Move colorlog to a regular dependency by @olliesilvester in #292
• replace-ad_rw by @ZohebShaikh in #274
• Remove cov line to allow vscode debugging by @abbiemery in #295
• Fix support for Str datatype Enum signals by @DiamondJoseph in #289
• Create mock signal backend by @evalott100 in #251

New Contributors

• @tomtrafford made their first contribution in #119
• @DiamondJoseph made their first contribution in #147
• @dependabot made their first contribution in #11
• @stan-dot made their first contribution in #144
• @DominicOram made their first contribution in #174
• @GDYendell made their first contribution in #222
• @gilesknap made their first contribution in #244
• @OCopping made their first contribution in #219
• @RobertSchaffer1 made their first contribution in #253
• @AlexanderWells-diamond made their first contribution in #240
• @Relm-Arrowny made their first contribution in #226
• @jwlodek made their first contribution in #216
• @Villtord made their first contribution in #235
• @ZohebShaikh made their first contribution in #274

Full Changelog: v0.2.1...v0.3a4