Hi Said, > Works great with frequency counters, power meters etc. Have > not tried SRQ.
Works great with a SINGLE instrument that talks from time to time. Anything that is only a bit more complex needs different measures. > One other factoid: the SMD chips seem to be soldered by hand, > my card had a > lot of solder flux on it. If you want to read the absolute truth and nothing but the truth about smd processing at SPARK FUN, go to: http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/ReflowToaster/reflow-hotplate.htm and be prepared to have a lot of fun. That's no joke! The boys are really doin it this way! Regards Ulrich > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Sonntag, 9. Juli 2006 19:46 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Low Cost GP-IB PCI card? > > > > In a message dated 7/9/2006 04:56:51 Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > >>I found that USB-GPIB controller. Looks like BSD and Linux are > >>supported. > > > > > >> http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=549 > > > > > > Hi, I bought one on Ebay, they work quite well. They used > to be $99 > > at > > Sparkfun, now they raised the price, and it is out of stock... > > > Have you tried using SRQ or other features than simple > > read/wait/write sequences with it? I found with one of the old > > RS-232-to-GPIB converters that anything beyond reads and > writes was > > hard to handle. > > > John > > > Hi John, > I typically only use the basic (polled) features of the GPIB, > sending > commands manually to the unit (*RST, *IDN, etc etc), or what > is even better I put > the units into "TALK" mode, that way they spit out data > without any need to > poll. Then I simply use Win Hyperterm (yuk) to capture the > data to a file, and > analyze that later. > > Works great with frequency counters, power meters etc. Have > not tried SRQ. > > One interesting aspect about this "Abdul" card is that it has > a built-in > GPIB connector that plugs into the instrument directly. It's > a curse and a > blessing: it hangs out of your instrument without any > mechanical support etc, and > extends your instrument length, but at the same time it saves > you a >$50 GPIB > cable. BTW: the card is now being sold on Ebay again. > > One other factoid: the SMD chips seem to be soldered by hand, > my card had a > lot of solder flux on it. It's best to clean this off with > Flux remover > (Acetone type etc) for long term reliability. > > bye, > Said > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.febo.com/cgi-> bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
