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GPIB is an abbreviation for 'General Purpose Industrial Bus', and it is very often used to control measurement equipment. | GPIB is an abbreviation for 'General Purpose Industrial Bus', and it is very often used to control measurement equipment. | ||
− | The official name for GPIB is IEEE-488. | + | The official name for GPIB is [[wikipedia:IEEE-488|IEEE-488]]. |
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+ | == Connecting equipment== | ||
+ | You can use GPIB cables to link equipment in either a linear, star or combined configuration. | ||
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+ | The IEEE-488 standard however specifies that the maximum total cable length is 20 meters with no more than 20 devices connected to the bus and at least two-thirds of the devices powered on. A maximum separation of 4 meters between devices and an average separation of 2 meters over the full bus should be followed. | ||
+ | Bus extenders and expanders can be used to overcome these system limits. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:IEEE-488|IEEE-488]] | * Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:IEEE-488|IEEE-488]] | ||
+ | * [http://www.srmuniv.ac.in/sites/default/files/files/GPIB.pdf A GPIB Overview] | ||
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+ | [[Category:RadiMation]] |
Latest revision as of 10:31, 5 March 2019
GPIB is an abbreviation for 'General Purpose Industrial Bus', and it is very often used to control measurement equipment.
The official name for GPIB is IEEE-488.
Connecting equipment
You can use GPIB cables to link equipment in either a linear, star or combined configuration.
The IEEE-488 standard however specifies that the maximum total cable length is 20 meters with no more than 20 devices connected to the bus and at least two-thirds of the devices powered on. A maximum separation of 4 meters between devices and an average separation of 2 meters over the full bus should be followed. Bus extenders and expanders can be used to overcome these system limits.
Links
- Wikipedia: IEEE-488
- A GPIB Overview