NI introduces GPIB controllers
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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Oct 15, 2008
National Instruments has introduced a Mac-compatible USB-GPIB controller and a low-profile PCI Express GPIB controller.
With the NI USB-GPIB-HS, Mac users can now control standalone instruments from Mac laptops and desktops with the flexibility of a portable USB-GPIB interface.
The NI PCIe-GPIB/Low-Profile (LP) controller gives engineers and scientists a high-performance, ROHS-compliant controller that uses approximately 75 per cent less power and is manufactured using 63 per cent less printed circuit board (PCB) material than previous models.
The USB-GPIB-HS supports both PowerPC and Intel-based Macintosh laptops and desktops and is compatible with the Mac OS X operating system.
Dr Scott Hannahs, an Instrumentation Physicist who has used the NI Labview graphical programming environment on the Mac for many years, said: 'The Mac-friendly NI USB-GPIB-HS helps us set up, debug and run experiments efficiently, so we can concentrate on our measurements and results instead of worrying about data communication and setup issues, which saves us time and manpower in the lab.' The smaller NI PCIe-GPIB/LP controller is for Windows Vista/XP/2000, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris operating systems.
The adoption of smaller PCs and gravitation toward PCI Express slots necessitate the invention of smaller controllers.
The PCIe-GPIB/LP offers the same specifications as its PCI Express predecessor but in a significantly smaller form factor.
It maintains advanced transfer rates of >1.5MB/s (IEEE 488.1) and >7.9MB/s (HS488) for maximum performance.
Both the USB-GPIB-HS and the PCIe-GPIB/LP controllers can be programmed with the Labview graphical system design platform, the LabWindows/CVI ANSI C integrated development environment and NI Measurement Studio software for Microsoft Visual Studio.
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