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[[Image:Gpib-connector.jpg|300px|thumb|GPIB connector on back of a Tektronix [[TDS210]] scope]] | |||
The GPIB interface, also known by its IEEE standard number as '''IEEE-488''', is a short-range, 8-bit parallel digital communications bus created as ''HP-IB (Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus)'' in the late 1960s for use with automated test equipment. | |||
The original specification allows for speeds up to 1 MByte/s but this was rarely achieved. | |||
[[Category:Interfaces]] | [[Category:Interfaces]] | ||
Revision as of 10:37, 16 June 2014
The GPIB interface, also known by its IEEE standard number as IEEE-488, is a short-range, 8-bit parallel digital communications bus created as HP-IB (Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus) in the late 1960s for use with automated test equipment.
The original specification allows for speeds up to 1 MByte/s but this was rarely achieved.