[time-nuts] Low Cost GP-IB PCI card?

[Ulrich Bangert]

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
> An: time-nuts at febo.com
> 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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