It is unclear to me what exactly you want to do, so I assume that you want to make a scatter plot with a 1000 points that are refreshed 10 times a second. Next time please include your code so that we can reproduce your issues and see what you want to achieve.
In my experience PyQtGraph is the fastest option in Python. It can easily plot a 1000 points at 10 Hz. See the example below.
#!/usr/bin/env python
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
import pyqtgraph as pg
import numpy as np
class MyWidget(pg.GraphicsWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent=parent)
self.mainLayout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
self.setLayout(self.mainLayout)
self.timer = QtCore.QTimer(self)
self.timer.setInterval(100) # in milliseconds
self.timer.start()
self.timer.timeout.connect(self.onNewData)
self.plotItem = self.addPlot(title="Lidar points")
self.plotDataItem = self.plotItem.plot([], pen=None,
symbolBrush=(255,0,0), symbolSize=5, symbolPen=None)
def setData(self, x, y):
self.plotDataItem.setData(x, y)
def onNewData(self):
numPoints = 1000
x = np.random.normal(size=numPoints)
y = np.random.normal(size=numPoints)
self.setData(x, y)
def main():
app = QtWidgets.QApplication([])
pg.setConfigOptions(antialias=False) # True seems to work as well
win = MyWidget()
win.show()
win.resize(800,600)
win.raise_()
app.exec_()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
The way it works is as follows. By plotting an empty list a PlotDataItem is created. This represents a collection of points. When new data points arrive, the setData method is used to set them as the data of the PlotDataItem, which removes the old points.
