Introduction

AFAnC (Array Factor Analysis and Computation) is an object-oriented Python package which aims to provide a toolbox to study antenna arrays.

This tool is developed at the IETR laboratory (France), as part of the HERMES platform. Its source code is hosted here.

The current version of AFAnC is 0.1.0 (Aderyn).

Why AFAnC?

Actually, the Afanc is a lake monster from Welsh mythology. At the HERMES platform we like to pay homage to the culture and folklore of humanity, and for this reason we try to find acronyms for our projects that reference characters or places from legends or literature. You can learn more about the Afanc at Wikipedia.

Since this project is dedicated to Welsh folklore, each version of the tool will take a Welsh name.

Limitations

Currently, AFAnC can only consider isotropic antennas as radiating elements in the array. In future releases, the possibility of using non-isotropic sources will be implemented.

This software has only been tested on a Windows operating system. However, it should work on other systems as long as all the dependencies indicated in the requirements.txt file are satisfied.