I also like the USB-GPIB adapters, as you can easily have separate buses or connect directly to one instrument without GPIB cables (use up to 15ft of cheap USB cables instead), but they are still not cheap or abundant at eBay.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas S. Knutsen Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:46 PM To: [email protected]; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] An open-source software to automate test equipment - Instrument Control (iC) Based on my own experience, the NI PCI cards seems to be most compatible for use with different software. The number 2 seems to be the Prologix adapter. 73 de Thomas LA3PNA AE5YS. 2011/7/12 J. Forster <[email protected]>: > Be careful. There are at least 6 different ones. All incompatible. > > -John > > ================= > > >> Soubnds good if you have a computer GPIB interface. I don't. Which >> is the best one at a reasonable price? >> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Kurt Pernstich >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> May I please use this forum to advertise Instrument Control (iC), which >>> is >>> an open source Java program to control test equipment via GPIB. It is, >>> so to >>> speak, the poor man's version of LabView (but enough to do my research). >> >> Chris Albertson >> Redondo Beach, California >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html> _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
