ADLINK Technology PCI-3488 User manual

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Manual Rev. 2.00
Revision Date: April 14, 2005
Part No: 50-15039-1000
PCI-3488
IEEE488 GPIB Interface Card
User’s Manual

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Table of Contents i
Table of Contents
1 Introduction ........................................................................ 1
Performance ................................................................... 1
Compatibility ................................................................... 1
1.1 Features............................................................................... 2
1.2 Specifications....................................................................... 2
GPIB Bus Properties ....................................................... 2
Certificates ...................................................................... 2
General Specifications .................................................... 3
1.3 Software Support ................................................................. 3
2 Installation .......................................................................... 5
2.1 Contents of Package .......................................................... 5
2.2 Unpacking........................................................................... 6
2.3 Mechanical Drawing ............................................................ 7
2.4 PCI Configuration ................................................................ 8
Plug and Play ................................................................. 8
Configuration .................................................................. 8
Trouble shooting ............................................................. 8
2.5 Hardware Installation ........................................................... 9
Installation Procedures ................................................... 9
Cabling ........................................................................... 9
2.6 Software Installation .......................................................... 11
Driver installation .......................................................... 11
Using VISA ................................................................... 13
Using the ADLIINK GPIB Utility .................................... 21
3 Operation Theory ............................................................. 25
3.1 Connection Configuration .................................................. 25
Data Lines .................................................................... 27
Handshake Lines .......................................................... 27
System management lines ........................................... 27
3.2 PCI-3488 Block Diagram ................................................... 28

ii List of Tables
List of Tables
Table 1-1: Power Requirements ................................................ 3
Table 3-1: GPIB Bus ................................................................ 26

List of Figures iii
List of Figures
Figure 2-1: PCB layout of the PCI-3488 ...................................... 7
Figure 2-2: Linear Connection Configuration ............................. 10
Figure 2-3: Star Connection Configuration ................................ 10
Figure 3-1: Standard GPIB Connector....................................... 25
Figure 3-2: PCI-3488 Block Diagram ......................................... 28

Introduction 1
1 Introduction
ADLINK’s PCI-3488 GPIB controller interface card, fully compati-
ble with the IEEE488.2 instrumentation control and communica-
tion standard, is capable of controlling up to 14 stand-alone
instruments via IEEE488 cables. It is designed to meet the
requirements for high performance and maximum programming
portability. The 1KB on-board FIFO and a block transfer mode pro-
vide up to 1.5MB/s GPIB transfer rate. With an NI-like driver API
and VISA support, the PCI-3488 provides the greatest compatibil-
ity with your existing applications and instrument drivers.
Performance
ADLINK’s expertise in PCI interface cards was leveraged when
developing this newly designed GPIB controller. The PCI-3488
supports both 3.3V and 5V PCI buses and can be adapted to most
industrial and desktop computers. On-board 1KB FIFO is placed
between the GPIB bus and PCI controller to buffer GPIB read/
write operations. The FIFO eliminates the gap between the slow
GPIB bus (~1.5MB/s) and the fast PCI bus (132MB/s), and dra-
matically increases overall system performance.
Compatibility
ADLINK’s PCI-3488 is delivered with complete software support,
including a driver API that is fully binary compatible with NI’s
GPIB-32.DLL. All programs written based on GPIB-32.DLL can be
executed on the PCI-3488 without any modification. VISA library is
also supported to ensure compatibility with applications utilizing
VISA. The ADLINK PCI-3488 provides the “Plug and Play” com-
patibility with all your existing applications.

2Introduction
1.1 Features
The PCI-3488 IEEE 488 GPIB interface card provides the follow-
ing advanced features:
XFully compatible with the IEEE 488 standard
XSupports a 32-bit 3.3V or 5V PCI bus
XUp to 1.5MB/s data transfer rates
XOn-board 1KB FIFO for read/write operations
XProvides NI-like driver API & VISA support
XInteractive utility for testing and diagnostics
XCompact, half-size PCB
1.2 Specifications
GPIB Bus Properties
XUp to 14 instruments can be connected to one controller
XMaximal 1.5 MB/s data transfer rate
XCable length
Z2 meters between each instrument (suggested)
Z20 meters total cable length
XData transfer mode: 8 bits parallel
XHandshake: 3 wire handshake, reception of each data byte
is acknowledged
Certificates
XEMC/EMI: CE, FCC Class A