Compatible data file format(s) for EIS measurements are not exlained well

[ma-sadeghi]

Discussed in #18

^{Originally posted by tappanbr September 17, 2023}
Hello! Thank you for making AutoEis. When trying to use it, I was not able to find any documentation on how the imput.txt file should be formatted. It would be great if you could provide some detail on that. Is it simply a text file with three columns, one for freq, one for imag real impedance and one for imag impedance? When exporting EIS files from EC-lab, for example, headers are included in the text file, and I wasn't sure if these should be included or not.

Thank you

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We need to provide specific instructions on how the EIS data file should be formatted to be useable by AutoEIS.

[ma-sadeghi]

On a related note: it might be a good idea to support popular data formats, so users can plug in the raw data they get from the EIS device directly into AutoEIS.

[ma-sadeghi]

pyimpspec has implemented data parsers for many popular formats (BioLogic, Eco Chemie, Gamry, Ivium). We should update our docs to redirect users to that package for IO. I don't think we should maintain data parsers.