Rugged Computers for GPIB Instrument Control (IEEE 488)

Decades of bench instruments — meters, sources, analyzers, calibrators — still speak IEEE 488, and the programs that own them replace the controller PC far more often than the instruments. The National Instruments GPIB controllers below are verified in DuroPC systems: PCIe-GPIB for current platforms, and the classic PCI-GPIB for labs standardized on the older card and its NI-488.2 stack.

Keeping a PCI-GPIB card in service is one of the most common reasons customers specify a rackmount with free legacy PCI slots; the same chassis usually carries serial and DAQ cards from the same era.