ADLINK's PCI-3488 GPIB controller interface card,fully compatible with the IEEE488 instrumentation control and communication standard, is capable of controlling up to 14 stand-alone instruments via IEEE488 cables. It is designed to meet the requirements for high performance and maximum programming portability. The 1KB on-board FIFO and a block transfer mode provide up to 1.5 MB/s GPIB transfer rate. With the APIs that are compatible with NI-488.2* driver software and VISA support, the PCI-3488 provides the greatest compatibility with your existing applications and instrument drivers.
Performance
ADLINK's expertise in PCI interface cards was leveraged when developing this newly designed GPIB controller. The PCI-3488 supports both 3.3V and 5V PCI buses and can be adapted to most industrial and desktop computers. On-board 1KB FIFO is placed between the GPIB bus and PCI controller to buffer GPIB read and write operations. The FIFO eliminates the gap between the slow GPIB bus (~1.5MB/s) and the fast PCI bus (132MB/s), and dramatically increases overall system performance.
Fully Compatible with Your Existing Applications
ADLINK's PCI-3488 is delivered with complete software support, including a driver API that is fully binary compatible with NI-488.2* driver software. All programs written based on GPIB-32.DLL can be executed on the PCI-3488 without any modification.VISA library is also supported to ensure compatibility with applications utilizing VISA. The ADLINK PCI-3488 also provides "Plug and Play" compatibility with all your existing applications.
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