National Instruments GPIB Plug-In Controllers
National Instruments is a leading supplier of GPIB interfaces and provides an unparalleled variety of GPIB controllers. GPIB controllers monitor and detect activity on the GPIB. When the controller detects a device or instrument about to send a data message, or talk, it connects that talker device, which then broadcasts the message across the bus. Another device on the bus or the controller then assumes the role of the listener and receives that message.
National Instruments offers a wide variety of GPIB plug-in controllers with support for various operating systems. Plug-in controllers are available for:
- PCI Express: GPIB controller for connecting to instruments from a PC or workstation equipped with a PCI Express slot
- PCI: Family of GPIB controllers for connecting to instruments from PCs equipped with a PCI bus; includes a standard GPIB controller, a low-profile GPIB controller for small form-factor PCs equipped with low-profile PCI slots, a combination GPIB controller and Gigabit Ethernet port for PCI, and a GPIB controller for PMC
- PXI: Standard GPIB controller and a combination GPIB controller and Gigabit Ethernet port for the PXI platform
- PCMCIA: GPIB controller for use with notebook PCs equipped with a PC Card slot
- ISA: Standard and low-cost GPIB controller for PCs with ISA slots
- VME: GPIB controller for the VMEbus
- GPIB+ Analyzers: Combination of a GPIB controller and analyzer on one card for monitoring the GPIB bus during troubleshooting activities; available for PCI, PCMCIA, and ISA
These controllers are either provided with NI-488.2 driver software for one or more of the operating systems listed below or with the NI-488DDK.
- Windows 2000/XP/NT/Me/9x: A native, 32-bit kernel-mode driver that takes full advantage of the features of Win32 operating systems
- Windows 3.1/DOS: A 16-bit driver for Windows 3.1 and a driver for DOS that includes interface libraries for C, Basic, Pascal, and FORTRAN
- Mac OS X: A native driver for Mac OS X that works with the PCI-GPIB and the GPIB-ENET/100
- Mac OS: A driver that supports Macintosh GPIB interface products for both desktop Power Macintosh computers and PowerBooks
- Linux: A native driver for the PCI-GPIB and the GPIB-ENET/100 for several Linux distributions
- Solaris: A variety of Solaris interface choices, including plug-in interfaces for the PCI bus or SBus, and external controllers for Ethernet and SCSI
- HP-UX, OS/2, and Digital UNIX: Plug-in and external GPIB support
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