[time-nuts] Frequency Counter Choice

[Steve Hendrix]

I actually did much the same to use my ancient HP and TI gear, and 
turned it into a commercial product. My KISS-488 is listed on eBay 
and Amazon (though not much longer on Amazon, as sales via Amazon 
have been really slow). Just a standard GPIB plug with an Ethernet 
jack on the back. If it suits your purpose, I can offer a discount by 
selling it directly rather than thru eBay. There's a wonderful 
YouTube video review of it by an independent party (no, I didn't pay 
him to do that!). You can see it at www.hxengineering.com. My direct 
email is SteveHx at HxEngineering.com.

Steve Hendrix

At 2020-10-23 09:06 AM, you wrote:
>On 10/22/20 7:09 PM, Elio Corbolante wrote:
>>>>While I love my Prologix adapters, I wonder if one could implement the
>>>>protocol using GPIO pins on something like a Beagleboard or Arduino clone?
>>>>(yes, as a product, with the right connector and line driver/receivers,
>>>>etc. - it would cost the same as a Prologix... but as a hack...)
>>@jimlux:
>>Take a look at the following project:
>>https://github.com/Twilight-Logic/AR488 and
>>https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/ar488-arduino-based-gpib-adapter/
>>https://oshpark.com/profiles/artag
>>For more details or if you need a PCB for the Arduino Micro (32u4-v3-gbr)
>>please send me a private message
>>_
>
>
>That is way cool.
>
>And interestingly, if you wanted to use the TI bus driver chips, 
>they're still available and inexpensive (<$3)
>
>I'm not getting new GPIB gear any time soon, but the idea of a 
>WiFi/GPIB that pulls power from the host instrument is intriguing.
>
>At work, we build up racks of gear to test spacecraft and various 
>systems, and I've spent way too many hours in days gone by trying to 
>get just the right cabling to get it to reliably work. The Prologix 
>units are great, Ethernet cables are easier to manage than those 
>shielded GPIB cables - and there's galvanic isolation inherent in 
>the Ethernet. But all those wall warts (still, easier to manage than 
>GPIB cables).
>
>I'm going to pass this on to some of the folks who put together these systems.
>
>
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