ADLINK Technology PCI-3488 User manual

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Manual Rev. 2.00

Revision Date: April 14, 2005

Part No: 50-15039-1000

PCI-3488

IEEE488 GPIB Interface Card

User’s Manual

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Table of Contents i

Table of Contents

1 Introduction ........................................................................ 1

Performance ................................................................... 1

Compatibility ................................................................... 1

1.1 Features............................................................................... 2

1.2 Specifications....................................................................... 2

GPIB Bus Properties ....................................................... 2

Certificates ...................................................................... 2

General Specifications .................................................... 3

1.3 Software Support ................................................................. 3

2 Installation .......................................................................... 5

2.1 Contents of Package .......................................................... 5

2.2 Unpacking........................................................................... 6

2.3 Mechanical Drawing ............................................................ 7

2.4 PCI Configuration ................................................................ 8

Plug and Play ................................................................. 8

Configuration .................................................................. 8

Trouble shooting ............................................................. 8

2.5 Hardware Installation ........................................................... 9

Installation Procedures ................................................... 9

Cabling ........................................................................... 9

2.6 Software Installation .......................................................... 11

Driver installation .......................................................... 11

Using VISA ................................................................... 13

Using the ADLIINK GPIB Utility .................................... 21

3 Operation Theory ............................................................. 25

3.1 Connection Configuration .................................................. 25

Data Lines .................................................................... 27

Handshake Lines .......................................................... 27

System management lines ........................................... 27

3.2 PCI-3488 Block Diagram ................................................... 28

ii List of Tables

List of Tables

Table 1-1: Power Requirements ................................................ 3

Table 3-1: GPIB Bus ................................................................ 26

List of Figures iii

List of Figures

Figure 2-1: PCB layout of the PCI-3488 ...................................... 7

Figure 2-2: Linear Connection Configuration ............................. 10

Figure 2-3: Star Connection Configuration ................................ 10

Figure 3-1: Standard GPIB Connector....................................... 25

Figure 3-2: PCI-3488 Block Diagram ......................................... 28

Introduction 1

1 Introduction

ADLINK’s PCI-3488 GPIB controller interface card, fully compati-

ble with the IEEE488.2 instrumentation control and communica-

tion 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 pro-

vide up to 1.5MB/s GPIB transfer rate. With an NI-like driver API

and VISA support, the PCI-3488 provides the greatest compatibil-

ity 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/

write operations. The FIFO eliminates the gap between the slow

GPIB bus (~1.5MB/s) and the fast PCI bus (132MB/s), and dra-

matically increases overall system performance.

Compatibility

ADLINK’s PCI-3488 is delivered with complete software support,

including a driver API that is fully binary compatible with NI’s

GPIB-32.DLL. 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 provides the “Plug and Play” com-

patibility with all your existing applications.

2Introduction

1.1 Features

The PCI-3488 IEEE 488 GPIB interface card provides the follow-

ing advanced features:

XFully compatible with the IEEE 488 standard

XSupports a 32-bit 3.3V or 5V PCI bus

XUp to 1.5MB/s data transfer rates

XOn-board 1KB FIFO for read/write operations

XProvides NI-like driver API & VISA support

XInteractive utility for testing and diagnostics

XCompact, half-size PCB

1.2 Specifications

GPIB Bus Properties

XUp to 14 instruments can be connected to one controller

XMaximal 1.5 MB/s data transfer rate

XCable length

Z2 meters between each instrument (suggested)

Z20 meters total cable length

XData transfer mode: 8 bits parallel

XHandshake: 3 wire handshake, reception of each data byte

is acknowledged

Certificates

XEMC/EMI: CE, FCC Class A

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