The GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus) standard is based on the HP-IB instrumentation interface bus, developed by Hewlett-Packard in 1965. This standard, also called IEEE 488, defines a 16-line bus that can connect up to 15 devices in parallel on a communications link.
This chapter provides a brief introduction to GPIB devices. It includes the following sections:
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Describes the GPIB devices: controllers, talkers, and listeners. |
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Presents the GPIB commands transmitted when the GPIB system operates in command mode. |
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Describes the types of polling performed (serial or parallel) after a GPIB device initiates a service request. |
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Explains the signal lines, including data, handshake, and control lines, that carry messages. |