A parallel bus used to connect test and measurement equipment, described in the IEEE 488 family of standards.
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What is the purpose of the 6k2 pulldown resistor in the GPIB interface?
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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…
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GPIB to USB adaptor differences
I have an old device that can only communicate via GPIB, so I have to buy a GPIB to USB adaptor that will allow me to send commands using the VISA library.
However I have seen that the price can vary dramatically between adaptors.
An AK40G GPIB to…
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