above bare mini docs.md

Author: prathameshnium

docs/conf.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 project = 'PICA'
 copyright = '2026, Prathamesh Deshmukh'
 author = 'Prathamesh Deshmukh'
-release = '1.0.3'
+release = '1.0.4'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 extensions = [
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@
 
 # This ensures Sphinx doesn't complain about the pica folder 
 # we manually move in the workflow
-suppress_warnings = ['image.not_readable']
+suppress_warnings = ["etoc.toctree"]

docs/index.md

@@ -1,9 +1,50 @@
 # PICA Documentation
 
-Welcome to the documentation for the Python Instrument Control and Automation (PICA) software.
+**Python Instrument Control and Automation**
+
+[![GitHub Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/prathameshnium/PICA-Python-Instrument-Control-and-Automation)](https://github.com/prathameshnium/PICA-Python-Instrument-Control-and-Automation/releases)
+[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://github.com/prathameshnium/PICA-Python-Instrument-Control-and-Automation/blob/main/LICENSE)
+[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.18377217.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18377217)
+[![Read the Docs](https://readthedocs.org/projects/pica-python-instrument-control-and-automation/badge/?version=latest)](https://pica-python-instrument-control-and-automation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
+
+PICA is a modular, open-source Python suite for automating high-precision transport measurements. It supports a resistance range spanning **24 orders of magnitude** (10 nΩ – 10 PΩ), pyroelectric current detection down to 1 fA, and capacitance spectroscopy from 20 Hz – 2 MHz.
+
+---
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```bash
+# Install
+pip install .
+
+# Launch GUI
+pica-gui
+```
+
+---
+
+## Key Features
+
+- **Unified GUI** — Single launcher for all measurement modules
+- **Wide resistance range** — 10 nΩ to 10 PΩ across four hardware configurations
+- **Real-time plotting** — Live visualization during acquisition
+- **Process isolation** — Backend crashes never affect the GUI
+- **Open source** — MIT licensed, fully auditable SCPI commands
 
-```{toctree}
 ---
-maxdepth: 2
+
+## Getting Help
+
+- [Full User Manual](User_Manual.md)
+- [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/prathameshnium/PICA-Python-Instrument-Control-and-Automation/issues)
+- [Releases](https://github.com/prathameshnium/PICA-Python-Instrument-Control-and-Automation/releases)
+- [Preprint](https://prathameshnium.github.io/PICA-Python-Instrument-Control-and-Automation/publications/)
+
 ---
-User_Manual.md
+
+```{toctree}
+:maxdepth: 2
+:caption: Contents
+
+User_Manual
+```