qiskit.basicsim

The qiskit.basicsim device in the PennyLane-Qiskit plugin gives you access to Qiskit’s BasicSimulator device via the PennyLane frontend.

Recommended for:

• Accessing Qiskit providers and backends through PennyLane.
• Prototyping ideas.
• All operating systems.

Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

• qiskit.basicsim documentation

See all PennyLane-Qiskit devices:

• qiskit.aer
• qiskit.basicsim
• qiskit.remote

Installation

The qiskit.basicsim device can be installed with:

pip install pennylane-qiskit

For more details on installation and dependencies, visit the PennyLane-Qiskit installation page.

Device Initialization

Initialize the device in PennyLane with:

import pennylane as qml
dev = qml.device("qiskit.basicsim", wires=2)

For more details on device settings and keyword arguments, see the device documentation.