[Linux-gpib-general] Another USB based GPIB controller

[Wojciech K. <wk...@ir...>]

Welcome!

People from Laboratory of Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics at the Faculty of 
Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 
developed a microcontroller based GPIB interface, controlled by a USB link. 
One version of interface is available as complete documentation including 
circuit diagram, PCB design and microcontroller software (both source code 
and binary file), while improved (and faster) version is avaliable for sale 
as a ready made product. The LabView drivers for Windows are also available.

The www page of the project is:
http://lpvo.fe.uni-lj.si/gpib/

The interface is equipped with FT245B chip and can easily be controlled by 
Linux as the USB chip is supported as a communication port /dev/ttyUSBx. It 
is possible to controll the interface by userspace programs, so the interface 
can be used without special driver. However this approach is not portable and 
it may be worth writing the driver conforming to linux-gpib standard. 

The commands to the GPIB controller are described here:
http://lpvo.fe.uni-lj.si/gpib/Manual.pdf

Wojciech Kazubski