Re: [time-nuts] GPIB interfaces these days

2018-11-02 Thread Scott McGrath
I use NI USB interfaces, They are reliable process ATN messages and of course have the vast programming library associated with NI interfaces. Used ones can be found on the well known auction site for 250-400 bucks. Make sure you get the BLUE ONES the Brown ones are USB 1.0 and are obsolete.

Re: [time-nuts] GPIB interfaces these days

2018-11-02 Thread Adrian Godwin
How important is ATN in a typical time-nuts usage ? I can see it being important in a complex ATE setup where some instruments are automatically providing data to a schedule and need to be serviced, but in my understanding the time-nuts case is often capturing a stream of data from a single TIC. A

Re: [time-nuts] GPIB interfaces these days

2018-11-02 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I use a national instruments PCI-GPIB card in a Windows 10 PC, works just fine. Usually can find them <$100 on eBay. I've also used a HP/Agilent 82357A (or B) which does USB-GPIB for those cases when you need it for a laptop or something else without a pci or pcie slot. I understand the USB one

Re: [time-nuts] GPIB interfaces these days

2018-11-02 Thread Alexander Huemer
Hi! On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 01:04:02AM -0700, Rex wrote: > So I've got some test equipment devices (mostly HP) with GPIB (or actually > HPIB) connectors. Also a few others as non-HP stuff. > > Mostly I have talked to them with a NI GPIB card in a PCMCIA slot in a > laptop. Works great but the sma

[time-nuts] GPIB interfaces these days

2018-11-02 Thread Rex
So I've got some test equipment devices (mostly HP) with GPIB (or actually HPIB) connectors. Also a few others as non-HP stuff. Mostly I have talked to them with a NI GPIB card in a PCMCIA slot in a laptop. Works great but the small notebook PC I have with a PCMIA slot is from the early 2000's