A few months ago, I was discussing the control of GPIB equipment with a colleague. Based on only on my gut feeling and the briefest of research, I told him that the pricey and proprietary GPIB ...

An open source USB to GPIB adapter will soon reach version 3, bringing an integrated Ethernet port with PoE support to the design. Project originator Kai Gossner (Xyphro) recently contacted CNX ...

Pleasanton, Calif.—ICS Electronics is offering an Ethernet to GPIB instrument interface that adapts GPIB instruments to Ethernet-based test systems. The Model 8055 ships with ICS's VXI-11 Keyboard ...

Contemporary research laboratories include a variety of instruments that connect using any of several interface methods to a PC for automating procedures and collecting data. Although different ...

In the world of (expensive) lab test equipment the GPIB (general purpose interface bus) connection is hard to avoid if you want any kind of automation, but nobody likes wrangling with the bulky cables ...

The 4865B GPIB-to-Ethernet interface makes it possible to add instruments with Ethernet interfaces to the GPIB bus. Developed by ICS Electronics, the interface runs two to five times faster than the ...

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National Instruments has introduced its first Mac-compatible USB-GPIB controller as well as a low-profile PCI Express GPIB controller. With the NI USB-GPIB-HS, Mac users can now control their ...

HP’s GPIB standard receives Linux support 53 years after its original release Legacy lab instruments can now integrate seamlessly with modern Linux distros The interface maintains the original 8MB/s ...

The KPCI-488LP is a low-profile GPIB controller interface plug-in board and includes a driver library that's said to be fully compatible with widely used instrumentation. The card works with 3.3 and 5 ...

The PCI-1671UP is designed as a cost-effective, universal PCI, GPIB controller in MD1 low-profile form factor, which allows for data transfer rates of up to 1.5MB/s. Features include: full IEEE 488.2 ...