Utilities
- NetFinder — Network configuration utility for Prologix GPIB-ETHERNET (GPIB-LAN) controller.
- NetFinder for Linux — Command-line version of network configuration utility for Prologix GPIB-ETHERNET (GPIB-LAN) controller in two formats: python script and stand-alone executable (x86 32-bit ELF)
- Prologix GPIB Configurator — Configuration utility for Prologix GPIB controllers by John Miles. Help
- EZGPIB — Data acquisition software for Prologix GPIB-USB (HPIB-USB) controller by Ulrich Bangert. User Guide
- LabVIEW — Danny Holstein’s open source LabVIEW compatibility library for Prologix GPIB-USB (HPIB-USB) controller. Includes LabView VIs modeled after those in the standard NI 488.2 interface.
Application Notes
- How to configure Prologix GPIB-USB (HPIB-USB) controller with PrintCapture plotter emulator
- How to setup Prologix GPIB-ETHERNET (GPIB-LAN) controller with Agilent VEE. (Thanks to John Boyles)
Links
- 7470.exe — An excellent open source plotter emulator by John Miles
- PrintCapture — A full-featured commercial plotter and printer emulator. 30-day trial version available.
- Plottergeist — Another full-featured commercial plotter emulator
- KO4BB.com — Nice survey of GPIB interface options by Didier Juges
- Clifton Laboratories — See Prologix GPIB-USB controller in action
- ing.dk — Review of Prologix GPIB-USB controller by Poul-Henning Kamp (in Danish)
- Time-Nuts — You often find discussions about Prologix GPIB-USB controller here
- HP_Agilent_Equipment — Excellent newsgroup for discussions about GPIB and HP/Agilent equipment
- TekScopes — Excellent newsgroup for discussions about GPIB and Tektronix equipment
- LabVIEW — Matthias Schroeter’s excellent web page on using Prologix controller with LabVIEW on Linux.
- Instrument Control (iC) — Java framework to control test & measurement instruments. Supports Prologix controllers.
- GPIB on Debian Linux — Setting up Prologix GPIB-USB on Debian Linux.
- Instrumentation Control, Data Acquisition and Processing with MATLAB — Using Prologix cotrollers with MATLAB.
- pty-gpib-emulator — An instrument emulator, written in Python, to emulate GPIB devices connected to Prologix GPIB-USB controller.
- CRF Visa Wrapper — Visa wrapper for Prologix GPIB controllers.
GPIB-USB (HPIB-USB) Samples
The following sample programs demonstrate how to programmatically send and receive data from instruments using Prologix GPIB-USB (HPIB-USB) Controller:
- C/C++ sample for Microsoft Windows
- C# sample (Requires Microsoft .NET 2.0 or later)
- Visual Basic.NET sample (Requires Microsoft .NET 2.0 or later)
- LabVIEW sample
- MATLAB sample
- Python sample
- A more complex Python sample
- Binary transfer sample for Microsoft Windows. Demonstrates uploading binary data to HP 33120A function generator. (Requires firmware version 6.9 or later)
- Binary transfer sample for Linux. Demonstrates uploading binary data to HP 33120A function generator. (Requires firmware version 6.9 or later)
GPIB-ETHERNET (GPIB-LAN) Samples
The following sample programs demonstrate how to programmatically send and receive data from instruments using Prologix GPIB-ETHERNET (GPIB-LAN) Controller:
- C/C++ sample
- Binary transfer sample in Python. Demonstrates uploading binary data to HP 33120A function generator. (Requires firmware version 1.5.1.0 or later)
- LabVIEW sample (Thanks to Tim Cormier)