[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
------------------------------------------------------------
Robert Lutwak, Senior Scientist
Symmetricom - Technology Realization Center
34 Tozer Rd.
Beverly, MA 01915
(978) 232-1461 Voice RLutwak at Symmetricom.com (Business)
(978) 927-4099 FAX Lutwak at Alum.MIT.edu (Personal)
(339) 927-7896 Mobile
----- 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
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> time-nuts mailing list
> time-nuts at febo.com
> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
>
More information about the time-nuts
mailing list