1. Before Using the Product
GP-IB(CB)F, GP-IB(CB)FL
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Before Using the Product
About the PC Card
This PC card is a multi-function, high-speed GPIB communication card that complies with IEEE-488.1
and IEEE-488.2. The card is a PC Card Standard compliant CardBus card with support for bus master
operation. The card can be used to control communications with devices that support the GPIB interface
and perform GPIB bus line data analysis on any PC that has a PC Card Standard compliant CardBus
Type II PC card slot.
You can use the supplied driver library to develop application software using any programming
language that supports the Win32 API routines (such as Visual Basic or Visual C++), or using LabVIEW.
Features
Complies with the IEEE-488.2 standard
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As the card complies with the IEEE-488.2 standard, you can control any external device that supports this
standard.
Data transfer speed 1.5Mbyte/sec max.
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The maximum data transfer speed for communications is 1.5Mbyte/sec.
Supports bus master operation
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The bus master data transfer function enables large quantities of data to be transferred between the
PC Card and PC without loading the CPU.
Internal 2Kbyte FIFO buffers for send and receive
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The PC Card has separate 2Kbyte FIFO buffers for sending and receiving data, allowing both small
and large volumes of data to be transferred at high speed.
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Interface messages also use a FIFO to enable high-speed transmission.
Built-in GPIB bus analyzer function
[GP-IB(CB)F]
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The PC Card features a bus analyzer function.
This not only allows the signals on the GPIB bus to analyzed, but also permits signal analysis to be
performed while the PC card is performing GPIB communications
Built-in SPAS event function
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In addition to the functions of the earlier GPIB controller (
μ
PD7210), the PC Card also supports the
SPAS event generated when a serial poll occurs. This gives you a high level of flexibility in
constructing your system.
Internal high-precision timer
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The PC Card includes a high-precision application timer to allow accurate time monitoring to be
performed from Windows.
Long term availability
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As the PC Card uses a high-speed GPIB controller developed by CONTEC (upwardly compatible
with the
μ
PD7210), reliable long term availability is ensured.
Diagnostic program
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A diagnostic program is supplied to support system development. The diagnostic program can be used to
check hardware operation (interrupts and I/O addresses) and to perform simple communication tests with
connected devices.
