spectrometer

sample.py

class Spectrometer:
    def read(self):
        """
        Reads the data from the last capture.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError("This must be implemented by the subclass.")

    def detect(self):
        """
        Returns whether or not this type of spectrometer seems to be present.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError("This must be implemented by the subclass.")

class Biorad199x(Spectrometer):
    def read(self):
        return "device data goes here"

class Hitachi(Spectrometer):
    def read(self):
        return [0.5] * 500