programming a PD2710/IEEE 488

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2 total messages Started by G Hitchman Fri, 21 May 1993 11:29

#4169

Author: G Hitchman
Date: Fri, 21 May 1993 11:29

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Having made a move from DOS to QNX we are forced to write our own driver
for a PC IEEE 488 card. The card contains a NEC PD7210 intelligent GPIB
controller .

Does anyone out there have any experience of programming one of these
things (and any code to share)?

thanks,
       Graham Hitchman

Re: programming a PD2710/IEEE 488

#4170

Author: Mark Petrovic
Date: Fri, 21 May 1993 12:37

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In article <36027@castle.ed.ac.uk> gdh@festival.ed.ac.uk (G Hitchman) writes:
>Having made a move from DOS to QNX we are forced to write our own driver
>for a PC IEEE 488 card. The card contains a NEC PD7210 intelligent GPIB
>controller .

You have at least two alternatives to writing the drivers from the 
ground up:

	a) Call QNX and ask them for their third party product guide.
      As I recall, there are at least two vendors with GPIB driver
      offerings.

	b) Call National Instruments in Austin TX (800) 433-3488 and
	   chat with them about their ESP-488 source code package.  It
      constitutes a minimal code set for eliciting basic bus
      functionality.  Cost ~ $300 US, and no (major) license hassles.

Mark Petrovic
IBM Yorktown

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