ADLINK LPCIe-3488A User Manual
LPCIe/LPCI/USB-3488A
IEEE488 GPIB Interface Card Series
User’s Manual
Manual Rev.: 2.50
Revision Date: Dec. 12, 2014
Part No: 50-17023-3030
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Revision History
Revision Date Description
2.00 Oct. 13, 2009 Initial release
2.50 Dec. 12, 2014 LPCIe version added
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LPCIe/LPCI/USB-3488A
Preface
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Conventions
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manual to make sure that users perform certain tasks and
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Table of Contents
Revision History...................................................................... ii
Preface .................................................................................... iii
List of Tables.......................................................................... iii
List of Figures ......................................................................... v
1 Introduction ........................................................................ 1
1.1 Overview.............................................................................. 1
Performance ................................................................... 1
Compatibility ................................................................... 2
1.2 Features............................................................................... 3
LPCIe/LPCI-3488A ......................................................... 3
USB-3488A ..................................................................... 3
1.3 Specifications....................................................................... 4
GPIB Bus Properties ....................................................... 4
Certifications ................................................................... 4
General Specifications .................................................... 4
1.4 Software Support................................................................. 5
2 Installation .......................................................................... 7
2.1 Package Contents ............................................................... 7
LPCIe/LPCI-3488A ......................................................... 7
USB-3488A ..................................................................... 7
2.2 Unpacking............................................................................ 8
2.3 Mechanical Drawings........................................................... 9
2.3.1 LPCI-3488A ................................................................ 9
2.3.2 LPCIe-3488A ............................................................ 10
2.3.3 USB-3488A............................................................... 11
2.4 PCI Configuration .............................................................. 13
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Plug and Play ................................................................ 13
Configuration ................................................................ 13
Troubleshooting ............................................................ 13
2.5 Hardware Installation ......................................................... 14
LPCIe/LPCI-3488A Installation Procedures .................. 14
USB-3488A Installation Procedures ............................. 14
Cabling .......................................................................... 15
2.6 Software Installation........................................................... 18
Driver Installation .......................................................... 19
Using the ADLINK GPIB Utility ..................................... 20
3 Operations ........................................................................ 23
3.1 Connection Configuration .................................................. 23
Data Lines ..................................................................... 25
Handshake Lines .......................................................... 25
System Management Lines .......................................... 25
3.2 Block Diagrams.................................................................. 26
ADLINK GPIB Interface Cards ...................................... 26
Important Safety Instructions.............................................. 29
Getting Service ..................................................................... 31
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List of Tables
Table 3-1: GPIB Bus Pin Definitions ............................................... 24
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List of Figures
Figure 2-1: PCB Layout of the LPCI-3488A ....................................... 9
Figure 2-2: PCB Layout of the LPCIe-3488A ................................... 10
Figure 2-3: Layout of the USB-3488A .............................................. 11
Figure 2-4: LPCIe/LPCI-3488A Linear Connection Configuration.... 15
Figure 2-5: USB-3488A Linear Connection Configuration ............... 16
Figure 2-6: LPCIe/LPCI-3488A Star Connection Configuration ....... 16
Figure 2-7: USB-3488A Star Connection Configuration................... 17
Figure 3-1: Standard GPIB Connector ............................................. 23
Figure 3-2: LPCIe-3488A Block Diagram......................................... 26
Figure 3-3: LPCI-3488A Block Diagram........................................... 26
Figure 3-4: USB-3488A Block Diagram ........................................... 27
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1 Introduction
1.1 Overview
ADLINK’s LPCIe/LPCI/USB-3488A GPIB controller interface cards
are fully compatible with the IEEE488.2 instrumentation control
and communication standard and are capable of controlling up to
14 stand-alone instruments via IEEE488 cables. The
LPCIe/LPCI/USB-3488A are designed to meet the requirements
for high performance and maximum programming portability. They
were developed using ADLINK’s intellectual property in FPGAs
which incorporates the GPIB controller, provides reliable GPIB
bus control capability, and supports a transfer rate up to 1.5 MB/s.
With APIs that are compatible with National Instruments1 software
and VISA support, the LPCIe/LPCI/USB-3488A offer the best
compatibility with your existing applications and instrument drivers.
Performance
ADLINK takes advantage of our proven expertise in PCI/PCIe
interface cards when developing these GPIB interface cards. The
LPCIe/LPCI-3488A, in the low-profile PCI form factor, can adapt to
most industrial and desktop computers. A 2 KB FIFO between the
GPIB bus and PCI controller buffers GPIB read/write operations,
eliminating the gap between the slow GPIB bus (approx. 1.5 MB/s)
and the fast PCI bus (132 MB/s), dramatically increasing overall
system performance. The ADLINK USB-3488A is further equipped
with 32 KB FIFO to the read/write operations, for maximum transfer rates exceeding 1.2 MB/s.
1. National Instruments is a registered trademark of National
Instruments Corporation
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Compatibility
ADLINK’s GPIB interface solutions are delivered with complete
software support, including a driver API set that is fully binary compatible with NI1’s GPIB-32.DLL. All programs written based on the
GPIB-32.DLL library can be executed with
LPCIe/LPCI/USB-3488A without any modification. VISA library is
also supported to ensure compatibility with applications utilizing
VISA. The ADLINK LPCIe/LPCI/USB-3488A thus provides the
“Plug and Play” compatibility with all your existing applications.
1. NI is a registered trademark of National Instruments Corporation
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LPCIe/LPCI/USB-3488A
1.2 Features
LPCIe/LPCI-3488A
The LPCIe/LPCI-3488A IEEE 488 GPIB interface card provides
the following advanced features:
X PCI Express 1.1 compatibility (LPCIe-3488A)
X Supports 32-bit 3.3 V or 5 V PCI bus (LPCI-3488A)
X Fully compatible with IEEE 488.1 and 488.2 standard
X Up to 1.5 MB/s data transfer for LPCI-3488A, 1.1 MB/s for
LPCIe-3488A
X 2 kB onboard FIFO for read/write operations
X APIs provided compatible with NI-488.2 driver software
X Supports industrial-standard VISA Library
X Interactive utility for testing and diagnostics
USB-3488A
The USB-3488A IEEE 488 GPIB interface card provides the following advanced features:
X USB 2.0 compatible
X Fully compatible with IEEE 488.1 and 488.2 standard
X Easy GPIB connectively for laptops
X 2 meter USB cable included for instrument connection
X No external power required
X Up to 1.2 MB/s data transfer
X 32 kB onboard FIFO for read/write operations
X APIs provided compatible with NI-488.2 driver software
X Supports industrial-standard VISA Library
X Interactive utility for testing and diagnostics
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