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GPIB
GENERAL PURPOSE INTERFACE BUS
Raymond Giron, Adam Bahr, George Asbeck
History
Originally developed by HP in the 1960’s
Wanted an easier way to interface the instruments and controllers
Other companies started using it and named it the General Purpose Interface Bus
The device was standardized in 1975 by the IEEE and again in 1978 and 1987
IEEE 448.1 is the standard for the connector, while IEEE 488.2 is the control command standard
Characteristics
Total of 24 pins on the device 8 pins for data, 8 for ground, 5
for bus management and 3 “handshake” pins
Connected devices can be talkers, listeners, or controllers
Wires are “double-headed” with a male connector on one side and female on the other
Advantages
Rugged connector that is screwed in place
Well established and supported by many devices
Fast and slow devices can be used in the same system
Up to 15 connectors can be stacked together
Disadvantages
Connector is large and bulky Cable and connector are more expensive
to make than others such as USB Maximum transfer rate is around 8
Mbits/s USB 3.0 can transfer at 5 Gbits/s Not a standard connector on modern PCs
Sources http://www.hit.bme.hu/~papay/edu/GPIB/tutor.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE-488
http://digital.natinst.com/public.nsf/$CXIV/ATTACH-AEEE-7E8RYX/$FILE/GPIB.JPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IEEE-488-Stecker2.jpg
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/~ftwang/ee202/Week7/gpib.jpg