Preface
© National Instruments Corp.
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1014/NI-488M/Motorola UNIX
Acronyms
The following acronyms are used in this manual:
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
DMA
direct memory access
GPIB
General Purpose Interface (IEEE 488) bus
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
I/O
input/output
PIO
programmed input/output
RAM
random-access memory
VDC
volts d irect current
Note:
References in this manual to IEEE 488 are referring to the
ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.1-1987 which defines the GPIB.
Related Documentation
This manual is to be used with the following documentation:
•
GPIB-1014 User Manual , National Instruments Corporation
(Part Number 320030-01)
•
GPIB-1014D User Manual , National Instruments Corporation
(Part Number 320140-01)
•
GPIB-1014DP User Manual, National Instruments Corporation
(Part Number 320049-01)
•
GPIB-1014P User Manual, National Instruments Corporation
(Part Number 320026-01)
•
ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.1-1987, IEEE Standard Digital Interface for
Programmable Instrumentation
•
SYSTEM V/68 Release 3 System Administrator's Reference Manual
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