A few months ago, I was discussing the control of GPIB equipment with a colleague. Based on only on my gut feeling and the briefest of research, I told him that the pricey and proprietary GPIB ...

The GRiD Compass is a legendary portable computer — a taste of an early-80s future with bubble memory, tough enough for NASA to take them into space, and one of the machines which defined the ...

In the May 1994 issue of Test & Measurement World, I stuck my neck out and wrote Look over your shoulder, GPIB where I predicted that the venerable instrument bus would be overtaken by Ethernet and ...

HP’s GPIB standard receives Linux support 53 years after its original release Legacy lab instruments can now integrate seamlessly with modern Linux distros The interface maintains the original 8MB/s ...

The venerable IEEE 488 bus, commonly called GPIB, has long held the top spot as a communications bus for connecting computers to instruments. Other buses have appeared, most notably Ethernet and USB, ...

Test & Measurement Systems Inc. (TAMS) has announced a miniature adapter that converts any GPIB instrument to a LAN instrument. The TAMS L488 is a new, compact adapter that connects directly to a test ...

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 ...

GPIB or Ethernet? Some early testing results and recommendations can help you focus on the realities of each technology. Ethernet, with its higher bandwidth and ubiquitous usage, seems a natural ...