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Convert to Serial

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psychman

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Hello everyone. I am looking for a cable that will convert a IEEE-488 cable to a serial input for a computer. Does such a converter exist? If so, where could I find one? I'm not an expert, and so google searches have not been helpful for me. Any suggestions and/or advice would be great. If you need additional information, please ask and I will be happy to provide it. Thanks in advance!!
 
Try searching for GPIB to serial converter.

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There is not 'cable converter' available. The protocol and interfaces are just too different. There may be a serial to IEEE-488 gateway out there but it would need to resort to a proprietary protocol to do the interfacing. If you are just needing to connect IEEE-488 instruments to a PC there are a number of PCI based solutions and I believe I have seen a USB version. National Instruments makes a good line of PC based 488 boards and interfaces.

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