Questions tagged [488.2]

Ie: Dedicated chips exist, but older equipment use discrete components for this, where the output is often an open-collector gate/inverter. The purpose ofthe pullup is something I understand, but what is the purpose of the 6k2 pulldown? Is it to…

This is more of a software question but I figured more would be known about SCPI (IEEE 488.2) here. I am implementing a full serial (using IEEE 1174) SCPI parser on an IC device but am wondering about the best way to implement this (in C).…

I'm using a modern NI USB-GPIB adapter with NI-MAX 19/488.2 to query an Agilent E8361A VNA with SCPI commands. Commands such as *IDN? and SENS:FREQ:START? -- basically any command ending in a question mark -- returns the proper string with no…

In the SCPI-99 standard command reference the command 'output:coupling' is specified as taking the parameters 'AC' or 'DC'. However, this is the first time such a data type is mentioned! Should these be translated to boolean values as 'ON' and 'OFF'…