[time-nuts] Getting GPIB to work on HP5382B Universal

[Stanley Reynolds]

>We aren't all made of money <snip>

It may be worth taking a course at the local collage to qualify for the student license of Labview.

I agree that it is not intuitive to use but some of that may be my past programing experience. Using Labview is very easy compared to writing your own drivers.

Local user groups with hands on experience was most helpful, as well as the web site support. Note here, Huntsville/Birmingham Alabama the user groups include a free lunch :-)

What I find most attractive about Labview is the extensive instrument support particularly the older ones that are talked about on this list.

The drivers / VI's ( virtual instruments ) may be a good source of how to write your own drivers as well. When I'm talking about driver here it is not the interface level stuff, GPIB, but the instrument level stuff - commands to the device you wish to control.

Stanley