Add support for fine_delay in QTM instructions
Explanation of changes
Add arguments fine_start_delay_ps
and fine_end_delay_ps
to certain operations that can run on a QTM. These delays do not affect the scheduled time, they only affect an argument in the final Q1ASM instruction, which can shift the actual execution of the instruction by a small amount of time.
Other solutions that were considered and rejected were:
- Allow MarkerPulse and TriggerCount to have sub-ns start times and durations: this would be very difficult to implement, and might break existing code that tries to align operations on a 1 ns grid.
- New operations specifically for the QTM: easy to implement, but slightly harder to find for users, and might cause confusion with the existing operations.
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CHANGELOG.md
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Edited by Gábor Oszkár Dénes