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, ...
Contemporary research laboratories include a variety of instruments that connect using any of several interface methods to a PC for automating procedures and collecting data. Although different ...
Manufacturers of test-and-measurement equipment have long recognized the need to allow for automated testing. So, they usually build equipment with some type of I/O interface. The General-Purpose ...