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[@TheBelcherMan]

Tony thanks for this jewel of a video, saved me potentially hours of fumbling around. Took 30 minutes watching you run through the 82357B install. You just got yourself another sub.

[@TonyAlbus]

Thanks you ! .. Perfect ! have fun!

[@baghdadiabdellatif1581]

Great work 👌 Thank you Greetings from north Africa (Algeria)

[@TonyAlbus]

Thank you, i greet you back!

[@juanea2eax521]

Hi Tony, Thanks for the video. I also use the USB/GPIB fake adapter and the software HTBasic from TransEra (it is very expensive but there is a free version with some limitations). It run on XP, Windows to 10 . It is very convenient and in my case drive my HP8590 spectrum analyser, my power meter, my Racal counter and my RF generator. Regards Juan

[@TonyAlbus]

Thank you Juan!.. that is very nice information, i will Pin your comment so other can see it first. i will try it for sure. i am just starting with GPIB so all info is welcome.

[@MarcelHuguenin]

Hey Tony! I used to carry the IEEE488 cable around my neck just like you 😂 Only my cables were for Commodore equipment, computers, disk drives, printers and interfaces. We actually developed a 6502 processor based intelligent interface between IEEE488 and RS232, programmable bi-directional with all debugging options required at the time. Great vid!

[@TonyAlbus]

Hi Marcel, i know those cables, my dad had a CBM 8032 with a big double floppy drive and matrix printer, it used those cables you mention. if i remember correct it had an upgrade board to 128 KB while 32K was standard.

[@MarcelHuguenin]

@@TonyAlbus My actual very first computer in 1979 was a CBM 3016 with 16k RAM and a non-Commodore dual single sided 180k floppy drive ...

[@TonyAlbus]

Cool, those are great machines... i think i have still the 8032, but the cables and diskdrives are gone. i think ours was the CBM PET with 4K and the tape in the keyboard :) matbe the tapedrive of my C64 does fit, i think it did..

[@MarcelHuguenin]

@@TonyAlbus Oh wow, I am very sad to say that all of my old equipment (not only the CBM 🙁) from those years have disappeared. Great that you still have the 8032!

[@TonyAlbus]

@@MarcelHuguenin Yes that happens over time... i have trown out so much stuff i regred later, but we can;t store everything in life.. the memory is good also.

[@zopilotesky3014]

Thanks for the video Let's get a brown Keithley connected next!

[@TonyAlbus]

Thank you!, yes i should for sure...it will

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

I bought a new Agilent arbitrary waveform generator, and it comes standard with HP-IB.

[@TonyAlbus]

That is great! thanks for sharing

[@sbelectronicaindustrial6652]

Hi Tony.... The tutorial is well explained.. Greetings from Buenos Aires...!!

[@TonyAlbus]

Hey, thanks!

[@ernestb.2377]

I was searching for something similar, but those GPIB to USB adapters are quite expensive. Probably the whole GPIB was always more of a professional market including Labs, in any way in no way 'mass production' to get a lot concurrency. I have an old but still very good Tek 2712 SA that has GPIB. I have a card from NI for PCi slot, but the desktop that I use here at the bench does not have PCi, unfortunately. NI still has even dedicated drivers for Tek 2712 and I have done quite lot LabView development in the last 20 years. GPIB to USB seems like an elegant solution, but I see the model you have there on Ali about 100,- It would be fun to play around and write my own SA GUI. As I already have the PCi card I think I will look for an older desktop PC with PCi slot, that maybe can run the other software too, like tinySA Ultra and nanoVNA software App's.

[@TonyAlbus]

Great! looking forward to your project if you are willing to share.

[@ernestb.2377]

@@TonyAlbus ach long way to that project 🙂 I have seen in Elector archive DIY GPIB to USB, so that could be an option. Then would need to look at those drivers from NI, get them to work and start to develop. Other thing is, I do not own a LabView license. We use it at work for 2-3 decades, so yeah. I can play at home with it but I am not allowed to publish or spread anything. In that regard Python would be a better choice, but I have almost zero experience in Python. I have learned some basic stuff but I never use it actually...

[@TonyAlbus]

@@ernestb.2377 On EEVblog there is an arduino/esp32 project that even has a webbased interface to control the GB-IB, that could be an interesting start for your project, or take some ideas from.

[@ernestb.2377]

Thanks for the tip@@TonyAlbus !

[@ernestb.2377]

Ha @@TonyAlbus Good news, I see that National Instruments has a Community Edition of LabView, which allows an Open Source projects 🙂 The functionality is equal to professional edition. It was released in 2020 and I was not aware of that 😁 In any way interesting to explore the possibilities. I know Siglent also has cooperation with NI and have some drivers for their equipment. Regarding the old 2712 and GPIB I would need to get into that and maybe try via the GPIB to USB, as that would be more versatile instead op PCi card.

[@Stephen_Heathcote]

Excellent video Tony. I've got all my equipment on GPIB and find the best software to be the keysight benchview software, but the trial licenses only last a while before you have to buy! And too expensive for the amateur :( I'm yet to find a good free benchview like program out there, or even one with reduced functionality for hobbyists, unless anyone on here knows? :)

[@TonyAlbus]

Hi Stephen, Thank you! Okey good to know, yes lets look for something cheap :) i still need to learn a lit about this.

[@zdzisiek1979]

👍

[@TonyAlbus]

Thank you!

[@dennisqwertyuiop]

i hav many test instruments but never tryed GP-IB HP-IB,,,i only use DOS for programming radios,yes many computers also win 95,98 etc

[@TonyAlbus]

Maybe this helps.

[@tubeDude48]

Nice!

[@TonyAlbus]

Thanks!