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+import numpy as np
+
+
+class CircBuffer:
+    def __init__(self, size: int, channels: int = 1):
+        self._size = size
+        self._channels = channels
+        self._buffer = np.zeros((channels, size), dtype=np.double)  # or dtype of your choice
+        self._index = [0 for i in range(channels)]
+        self._is_full = [False for i in range(channels)]
+        self._totalcount = [0 for i in range(channels)]
+        self._overflows = [0 for i in range(channels)]
+
+    @property
+    def size(self):
+        return self._size
+
+    @property
+    def channel_count(self):
+        return self._channels
+
+    def is_full(self, channel: int = 0):
+        return self._is_full[channel]
+
+    def write_index(self, channel: int = 0):
+        return self._index[channel]
+
+    def append(self, item, channel: int = 0):
+        self._buffer[channel, self.write_index(channel)] = item
+        self._index[channel] = (self.write_index(channel) + 1) % self._size
+        self._totalcount[channel] += 1
+        if self._index[channel] == 0:
+            self._is_full[channel] = True
+            self._overflows[channel] += 1
+
+    def get_all(self, channel: int = 0):
+        """
+        Return all valid values from the specified channel
+        """
+        if self._is_full[channel]:
+            return np.concatenate((self._buffer[channel, self._index[channel]:],
+                                   self._buffer[channel, :self._index[channel]]))
+        else:
+            return self._buffer[channel, :self._index[channel]]
+
+    def has_value(self, index, channel):
+        if index < 0 and self.is_full(channel):
+            return True
+        elif index < 0 and not self.is_full(channel):
+            return False
+
+        if index >= self.size:
+            return False
+
+        if index > self.write_index(channel) and self.is_full(channel):
+            return True
+        if index == self.write_index(channel) and self._totalcount[channel] == 0:
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def valid_range(self, channel: int = 0):
+        """ Return the start index that are valid within the buffer
+        """
+        start = 0
+        count = 0
+        if self._totalcount[channel] == 0:
+            return start, count
+
+        if not self.is_full(channel):
+            count = self._totalcount[channel]
+        else:
+            count = self.size
+        return start, count
+
+    def get(self, index: int = -1, channel: int = 0):
+        # easy case first, we can spare the effort of further checking
+        if index >= 0 and index < self.write_index(channel):
+            return self._buffer[channel, index]
+
+        if index < 0:
+            index = self.write_index() - 1
+        if self.has_value(index, channel):
+            return self._buffer[channel, index]
+        else:
+            raise IndexError(f"Invalid index {index} on ring buffer for channel{channel}")
+
+    def read(self, start, count=1, channel=0):
+        """ Reads a numpy array from buffer"""
+        if start < 0 or count < 0:
+            raise IndexError(f"Invalid start ({start}) or count ({count}) for channel{channel}")
+
+        if count == 1:
+            return np.array(self.get(start, channel))
+
+        vs, vc = self.valid_range(channel)
+        if start > self._totalcount[channel]:
+            raise IndexError(f"Invalid start index {start} is invalid with totalcount {self._totalcount[channel]} for channel{channel}")
+        if start > self.size:
+            raise IndexError(f"Invalid start index {start} for buffer with size {self.size}")
+        if count > self.size:
+            count = self.size
+        if count > vc:
+            count = vc
+
+        if (start + count) < self.size:
+            return self._buffer[channel, start:start + count]
+        else:
+            return np.concatenate((self._buffer[channel, start:],
+                                   self._buffer[channel, :count - self.size + start]))