Not only PCI is becoming extinct, but GPIB is also fading off as
newer equipment interfaces via USB or Ethernet directly.
Still, legacy equipment with another 40 yrs of service in our
garages will keep those DOS computers, PCI, GPIB, RS-232 alive...
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Chris Albertson
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 2:15 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] An open-source software to automate test equipment
- Instrument Control (iC)
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Jose Camara <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 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.
Yes. USB. I doubt I'll ever buy another computer that has a PCI
slot. What I was hoping to hear was that there was a way to
interface a parallel port or some other DIY interface.
> -----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
>>>
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