GPIB Controller Selection Guide

INPUT SOURCE MODEL# TYPE DESCRIPTION NI COMMAND
COMPATIBLE
LABVIEW & VISA
COMPATIBLE
LAN or
Internet
8065 MiniBox Ethernet to GPIB Controller
Uses VXI-11 RPC Commands (VXI-11.2 and VXI-11.3)
No Yes
USB 488-USB2 Module USB 2.0 to GPIB Controller Module
1 MHz data transfer rate
Yes Yes
USB 1105 Minibox USB to GPIB Controller and USB Powered Hub Yes Yes
PCI Bus 488-LPCI PCI Card PCI to GPIB Controller Card
1 MHz data transfer rate
Yes Yes
PXI and
Compact
PCI Bus
488-PXI PXI Card PXI bus or Compact PCI to GPIB Controller Card. 1 MHz transfer rate. Yes Yes
PC ISA Bus 488-PC2 Small ISA
bus Card
PC/AT ISA bus to GPIB Controller Card No No
Serial 4895 MiniBox Serial to GPIB Controller Module NI CT Comds Yes via serial
COMM port
ICS's NI Command compatible controllers can operate remotely with ICS's GPIB AnyWhereâ„¢ Software. For more information about the GPIB Bus see our GPIB Tutorial.