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

My recollection is that HPIB and GPIB are 100% compatible. We were using a
national instruments card, with a "turbo C" program to control an HP unit,
defined as having an HPIB interface.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Omar Vega [SMTP:omar@techsource.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 10:36 AM
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> Subject: Re: What is a K17-59994A HPIB INTERFACE UNIT? What does it
> do?
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> 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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> >Subject: RE: What is a K17-59994A HPIB INTERFACE UNIT? What does it do?
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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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Does that help?
> >Mike
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Received on Tue Sep 12 09:46:45 2000