Re: What is a K17-59994A HPIB INTERFACE UNIT? What does it do?

You would still need the HPIB interface card. I know that ISA GPIB ones run
about 3-400 new. I don't know about HPIB cards or if they are
interoperable. Here at work we use GPIB for diagnostic and QA on boards
before they go out (hooked up to a DSO). You can write your own routines in
C to control the device and collect data.

Omar

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From: FBowen@checkfree.com <FBowen@checkfree.com>
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Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 10:23 AM
Subject: RE: What is a K17-59994A HPIB INTERFACE UNIT? What does it do?

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>Yes, thanks. So the HPIB allows communication with and between HP devices
>of the same era? So I could drive and read info off my 5004A with a pc or
>something like that?
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>Ranger Mike <mike_ranger@dofasco.ca> on 09/12/2000 09:48:43 AM
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>Please respond to TechToolsList@flippers.com
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>HPIB was the fore runner to GPIB. HP developed the protocol for
>instrumentation communication, which became an IEEE standard and GPIB was
>the generic version.
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>GPIB stands for general purpose interface bus. It is used typically to hook
>more than one instrument/printer/PC together for control and data transfer.
>My 4th year thesis dealt with Pc communication to an HP data aquisition box
>over this bus/protocol configuration. I believe I used a general
>intruments
>GPIB card for the PC.
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>Does that help?
>Mike
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Received on Tue Sep 12 07:33:18 2000