From: David Kirkby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Re: Accuracy of a sound card Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:06:49 +0100 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
David, > > Unfortunately, while my 5328B has the HPIB interface, my PC doesn't, so > > I cannot collect data automatically, otherwise it would have been a very > > interesting experiment... If you have the money, Tektronix have a nice little Ethernet/IP <-> GPIB adapter. Stick it between your GPIB chain and LAN, surf into the webserver to configure it and then use the VXI-11 RPC-based interface and access your GPIB chain. Works really well. Can also be configured to work as a printer for at least Tektronix-compatible devices (HP and Tek did things differently because they could). > If your PC has an ISA slot, or you have an older PC with an ISA slot, > then a GPIB board is not that expensive on eBay. Just save yourself a > lot of hassle and get one from National Instruments, as they are better > supported than other makes. > > PCI GPIB cards are current, and so are *much* more expensive. Yes, but I was fortunate enought to get one for reasnoble money. I use the Linux GPIB drivers and my problems is more that I am a bad GPIB-programmer and have yeat to learn all the quirks. (Maybe my HP3457As isn't the best to use as a test-case, better bring up the HP5372A which I have done several projects on succsefully over the years). > I guess a modern sound card will not fit in an old PC with an ISA slot, > but there is nothing to stop you using a modern PC with the high-end > sound card, and an old PC with a cheap ISA card for the data collection. > > There are free drivers for FreeBSD, linux and possibly Windoze, but I am > not sure about the latter. You can download the drivers for Windoze from NI if you need to. They actually have quite good documentation online. Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
