Implementation of an IBM-PC/AT as a GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus) Controller.

Abstract

This theses integrates an IBM-PC/AT microcomputer with five pieces of standard laboratory test equipment via a GPIB. A menu-driven program prompts the user to operate the test equipment from the keyboard on the PC. The user can perform a wide variety to tasks with this program and the program can be modified to perform other specific tasks desired by the user. Two subroutines were developed to demonstrate the utility of this system and the use of the programming guidelines that were developed. A subroutine to collect waveform data from a digital oscilloscope and to plot the waveform with a plotter and a subroutine to generate a Bode plot of the transfer function for a two port network were developed. Keywords: Instrumentation; GPIB(General Purpose Interface Bus). (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA176850

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  • George H. Self Jr

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Coast Guard
  • Computer Programming
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  • Computers
  • Electrical Engineering
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  • Low Pass Filters
  • Operating Systems
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Personal Computers
  • Power Supplies
  • Programming Languages
  • Signal Generators
  • Sine Waves
  • System Software
  • Test Equipment

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