Contemporary research laboratories include a variety of instruments that connect using any of several interface methods to a PC for automating procedures and collecting data. Although different ...

This week, National Instruments unveiled a USB-to-GPIB controller that takes advantage of the high-speed USB 2.0 specification to offer transfer rates up to 1.8 Mbytes/s in standard IEEE 488.1 mode ...

If you’re not so daft as to think Arduino-based oscilloscopes and multimeters are actually useful for all but the simplest tests and measurements, you just might have some big iron sitting around your ...

In the world of (expensive) lab test equipment the GPIB (general purpose interface bus) connection is hard to avoid if you want any kind of automation, but nobody likes wrangling with the bulky cables ...

Engineers and scientists now can use the latest USB standard, USB 2.0 high-speed, to control GPIB instruments at transfer rates of up to 8 MBytes/sec. The new National Instruments GPIB-USB-HS, claimed ...

HP’s GPIB standard receives Linux support 53 years after its original releaseLegacy lab instruments can now integrate ...

National Instruments has introduced its first Mac-compatible USB-GPIB controller as well as a low-profile PCI Express GPIB controller. With the NI USB-GPIB-HS, Mac users can now control their ...

Due to cost-effectiveness and easy connectivity, current PCs areequipped with both USB and LAN interfaces. Meanwhile, after more thanthree decades of enhancements and wide ranging development, ...

The KUSB-488 transforms any computer with a USB port into a full-function, IEEE 488.2 controller that can control up to 14 programmable GPIB instruments. Designed by Keithley Instruments, the ...

DESIGN VIEW is the summary of the complete DESIGN SOLUTION contributed article, which begins on Page 2. Choosing the right platform (or combination of platforms) for your ATE system can save you money ...