release/v0.3.0

Author: WilliamHPNielsen

docs/changes/0.3.0.rst

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+Changelog for QCoDeS 0.3.0
+==========================
+
+The May 2019 release of QCoDeS contains a large backend re-structure of the Measurement.DataSaver logic
+as well a handful of driver improvements and some new data saving functionalities.
+
+## New & Improved
+
+- New and Improved Drivers:
+
+  - Alazar Cards:
+    - All models; limit maximum buffer size as documented for AlazarBeforeAsyncRead (#1535)
+    - All models; add api instance as initialization parameter (#1524)
+
+  - Arbitraty Waveform Generators:
+    - Keysight 33510B: add support for this specific model (#1544)
+    - Zurich Instruments HDAWG8; Remove warning when taking snapshot of ZIHDAWG8 (#1561)
+
+  - Lock-in Amplifiers:
+    - Zurich Instruments UHF-LI; support all 8 oscillators with MF option (#1546)
+    - Zurich Instruments UHF-LI; add parameter to UHFLI driver to select oscillator per demodulator (#1551)
+
+  - Magnets:
+    - American Magnetics AMI430; allow a broader range of field limit values (#1558)
+    - American Magnetics AMI430; fix coil-constant related bug (#1527)
+
+  - Multimeters:
+    - Tektronix Keithley 6500; allow immediate triggering (#1576)
+    - Tektronix Keithley 6500; fix invalid SCPI commands (#1541)
+
+  - Source Meters:
+    - Tektronix Keithley 2450; add brand new driver! (#1533, #1569)
+  - Vector Generators:
+    - Keysight E8267D; extend frequency modulation features (#1554)
+
+  - Vector Network Analyzers:
+    - Rohde&Schwarz ZNB; make initialization more fail-safe (#1564)
+
+  - Others:
+    - Mj2; allow higher gain (#1575)
+    - Cryocon; allow the setting of the termination character (#1559)
+
+- Data Saving Features:
+
+  - Allow arrays of different lengths to be stored together (#1477)
+  - Allow complex numbers (#1484, #1489, #1493)
+  - Infer the SQLite storage type of parameters (#1494)
+
+- Documentation:
+
+  - Increase title consistency (#1553)
+
+- Database upgrades:
+
+  - Schema version bumped to 5; snapshot column always present (#1562)
+
+- QCoDeS Workflow:
+
+  - Extend QCoDeS-Station to be configurable through yaml file (#1560)
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+- The DataSet no longer has an `add_parameter` method (#1547)
+
+## Miscellaneous
+
+- The python package dependencies have been updated (#1550)
+- Our copyright is up to date :) (#1552)

docs/changes/index.rst

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    0.1.11 <0.1.11>
    0.2.0 <0.2.0>
    0.2.1 <0.2.1>
+   0.3.0 <0.3.0>

qcodes/version.py

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-__version__ = '0.2.1'
+__version__ = '0.3.0'