Skip to content

Commit ea814ed

Browse files
authored
add part about GPIB
1 parent 3b64b1b commit ea814ed

File tree

1 file changed

+10
-0
lines changed

1 file changed

+10
-0
lines changed

docs/introduction.rst

+10
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -21,3 +21,13 @@ Features
2121
* Adding your own instrument drivers (see manual)
2222
* Data from the table can be copied and pasted to a spreadsheet (Excel, LibreOffice, etc.).
2323
* Export to CSV for using data in other applications (databases, scripting, etc.).
24+
25+
About GPIB...
26+
-------------
27+
28+
We get some questions if GPIB will be supported. GPIB is a standarized communication bus for instruments. But the standardization is only on the GPIB part.
29+
The command and response structure are standarized. What is not standarized is the GPIB PC controller. In the past PCs used ISA cards.
30+
Now a days you need to have a USB to GPIB controller. And in this controller lies the problem. Supporting the GPIB protocol is fairly easy.
31+
Supporting all available GPIB controllers on the market is a headache. Every GPIB controller requires its own specific driver.
32+
And to test it, we need a sample of each controller available. And those controllers are not cheap. So for now it is not very feasible to have GPIB supported.
33+
But... if someone is willing to donate a GPIB controller, we will be happy to add support for it.

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)