0.5.1

What's Changed

• Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.0.6 to 2.0.8 in the actions group by @dependabot in #474
• Adding sub electron readout mode for the kinetix by @jwlodek in #469
• Remove references to root in PathInfo, PathProvider by @jwlodek in #477
• Add ruff SLF001 by @abbiemery in #483
• Rename panda files by @abbiemery in #486
• Create logfile in temporary path instead of project root by @jwlodek in #489
• 314 defer creation of hdf5 file until preparetrigger by @ZohebShaikh in #466
• 282-standardise-handling-of-read-config-and-hinted-signals-for-standarddetector by @ZohebShaikh in #468
• Fix race condition in set_and_wait_for_value by @DominicOram in #457
• Tests for AreaDetector drivers/plugins to insure attributes are regularly named by @subinsaji in #490
• AD HDF plugin should set directory creation value before path by @jwlodek in #497
• added support for str by @ZohebShaikh in #499
• NDStats docs update by @ZohebShaikh in #500
• Resolving issues preventing connection with areaDetector device by @jwlodek in #514
• Only pass data block to init of PandAHDFWriter instead of entire PandA device by @jwlodek in #512
• Allow precision 0 float records to be represented as int signals by @olliesilvester in #509
• Setup PandA writer to set create directory depth PV on open by @jwlodek in #503
• move h5py into real dependencies by @stan-dot in #511
• Use 'boolean' rather than 'bool' dtype per event-model by @Tom-Willemsen in #517
• Allow equality comparisons for signal by @Tom-Willemsen in #524
• Update make-a-simple-device.rst to include numpy array example by @rerpha in #515
• make motor locatable by @stan-dot in #541
• Small fix of typo in variable name in AD attributes HDF writer by @jwlodek in #545
• Make FilenameProvider optional on PathProvider impl by @DiamondJoseph in #547

New Contributors

• @rerpha made their first contribution in #515

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...0.5.1