about GBIP and cable for GPIO

[dragondriver]

Hi all,

  I have an old device using GPIB (HP-IB 488) for data transfer, the bandwidth is not high. It is pretty slow to transfer big data. The device said it also support a high speed cable supporting GPIO port using HP 11738A cable. I try to search for that but I didn't see any cable of that model. Does anyone have any idea about 11738A and how fast could it be comparing to GPIB 488? Thanks.

[crossrulz]

That looks like a really old cable, likely to be used with a parallel port.  What instrument are you using?  We really need to look at the manual to see how this General Purpose I/O is to be used.

[dragondriver]

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@crossrulz wrote:

That looks like a really old cable, likely to be used with a parallel port.  What instrument are you using?  We really need to look at the manual to see how this General Purpose I/O is to be used.

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Hi crossrulz, it is pretty old but I don't even know the model of the device (but it is a function generator), all labels are worn out. But it is said that it use HP98622A for data transfer. Unfortunately, I get this device from flea market and don't know much detail. It supports GPIB and GPIO, GPIB working good but slow.