[time-nuts] Re: Accuracy of a sound card

Robert Lutwak Lutwak at Alum.mit.edu
Mon Aug 22 19:03:55 EDT 2005


Blackbox sells an RS-232 - IEEE488 adapter box.  Search for IC026A-R2 on 
www.blackbox.com.

It's not cheap, about $750.


-RL

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alberto di Bene" <dibene at usa.net>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
<time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 6:45 PM
Subject: [time-nuts] Re: Accuracy of a sound card


> David Kirkby wrote:
>
>> If your PC has an ISA slot, or you have an older PC with an ISA slot,
>> then a GPIB board is not that expensive on eBay. Just save yourself a
>> lot of hassle and get one from National Instruments, as they are
>> better supported than other makes.
>
> I have an ISA GPIB card collecting dust on a shelf... I just don't have
> a PC with an ISA slot... probably I should find one at a ham swap fest...
>
>> PCI GPIB cards are current, and so are *much* more expensive.
>
> I know.... :-(  I checked the NI prices and for such a card they want a
> couple hundreds Euros or more...
> I am wondering... I know of the existence of USB <=> RS232 adaptors. May
> be someone sells also USB <=> GPIB converters ? Nobody knows ?
>
> 73  Alberto  I2PHD
>
>
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