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Topic: IEEE488 instrument bus
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hardware for interprocess communication
Summary
H.-P. originally developed the IEEE 488 standard for interconnecting instruments. The standard specifies both hardware cabling and connectors. Communication is character or byte strings but the protocols are not specified. H.-P. is currently setting up a protocol for its own instruments. Each instrument bus under IEEE 488 defines a bus controller which sets up devices as listeners or talkers. (cbb 5/80)
Quote: IEEE 488 has 8-bit data and 8-bit control; if a device is designated a 'listener' it receives data from a 'talker' [»washJ3_1978] Quote: IEEE 488 instrument bus is very good for small systems since modules just plug together
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