[time-nuts] Low Cost GP-IB PCI card?
Ulrich Bangert
df6jb at ulrich-bangert.de
Mon Jul 10 15:48:01 UTC 2006
Hi Said,
> Works great with frequency counters, power meters etc. Have
> not tried SRQ.
Works great with a SINGLE instrument that talks from time to time.
Anything that is only a bit more complex needs different measures.
> One other factoid: the SMD chips seem to be soldered by hand,
> my card had a
> lot of solder flux on it.
If you want to read the absolute truth and nothing but the truth about
smd processing at SPARK FUN, go to:
http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/ReflowToaster/reflow-hotplate.htm
and be prepared to have a lot of fun. That's no joke! The boys are
really doin it this way!
Regards
Ulrich
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> Gesendet: Sonntag, 9. Juli 2006 19:46
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> Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Low Cost GP-IB PCI card?
>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/9/2006 04:56:51 Pacific Daylight Time,
> jra at febo.com
> writes:
>
> >>I found that USB-GPIB controller. Looks like BSD and Linux are
> >>supported.
> >
> >
> >> http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=549
> >
> >
> > Hi, I bought one on Ebay, they work quite well. They used
> to be $99
> > at
> > Sparkfun, now they raised the price, and it is out of stock...
>
> > Have you tried using SRQ or other features than simple
> > read/wait/write sequences with it? I found with one of the old
> > RS-232-to-GPIB converters that anything beyond reads and
> writes was
> > hard to handle.
>
> > John
>
>
> Hi John,
> I typically only use the basic (polled) features of the GPIB,
> sending
> commands manually to the unit (*RST, *IDN, etc etc), or what
> is even better I put
> the units into "TALK" mode, that way they spit out data
> without any need to
> poll. Then I simply use Win Hyperterm (yuk) to capture the
> data to a file, and
> analyze that later.
>
> Works great with frequency counters, power meters etc. Have
> not tried SRQ.
>
> One interesting aspect about this "Abdul" card is that it has
> a built-in
> GPIB connector that plugs into the instrument directly. It's
> a curse and a
> blessing: it hangs out of your instrument without any
> mechanical support etc, and
> extends your instrument length, but at the same time it saves
> you a >$50 GPIB
> cable. BTW: the card is now being sold on Ebay again.
>
> One other factoid: the SMD chips seem to be soldered by hand,
> my card had a
> lot of solder flux on it. It's best to clean this off with
> Flux remover
> (Acetone type etc) for long term reliability.
>
> bye,
> Said
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