ctypes

Call functions in C shared libraries (.dll / .so) directly from Python.

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import ctypes
libc = ctypes.CDLL(None)          # Linux/macOS: the C library
libc.printf(b"hello from C\n")

Used to talk to vendor SDKs for instruments and USB devices.

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