USB-to-GPIB controller
Staff -- Test & Measurement World, 6/1/2005
This compact controller transforms any computer with a USB port into a full-function, plug-and-play IEEE 488.2 controller for up to 14 programmable GPIB instruments. The USB 2.0-compliant GPIB-USB-HS transfers data at rates of up to 1.8 Mbytes/s using the standard IEEE 488 handshake and 7.2 Mbytes/s using the high-speed IEEE 488 handshake (HS488). The controller comes with NI-488.2 and NI-VISA driver software for Windows 2000/XP and works with LabView, LabWindows/CVI (ANSI C), and Measurement Studio for Visual Studio (Visual Basic/C/ C++). Base price: $495. National Instruments, www.ni.com.
