Section One; General Information - National Instruments Corporation GPIB-1014P User Manual

Section One

General Information

The GPIB-1014P is an IEEE-488 interface for the VMEbus. This interface permits IEEE-488
compatible engineering, scientific, or medical instruments to be controlled from a VMEbus-based
computer. The GPIB-1014P has the following features:
Complete IEEE-488 Talker/Listener/Controller (TLC) capability using the NEC µPD7210
•
GPIB TLC chip
• Polled or interrupt driven transfers
• Transfer rates up to 80 kbytes/sec
• User configurable parameters
- Base Address
- Interrupt Request Line
- Interrupt Status/ID byte
- Supervisor or User Access
• IEEE-1014 (VMEbus) standard compliance
• Comprehensive software support
The GPIB-1014P conforms to all requirements and conventions specified in the ANSI/IEEE Std.
1014-1987. Hereafter, the General Purpose Interface Bus is referred to as the GPIB, the GPIB
standard is referred to as the IEEE-488 standard, and the ANSI/IEEE Std. 1014-1987 is referred
to as the IEEE-1014 standard.
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