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Well I got a HP 5316A universal counter, with the 1GHz channel and the OCXO. Very nice, I think. Although I suppose I still have the problem of not knowing exactly the frequency of the OCXO is, after all there are coarse and fine adjustments on the can... Eh, still, I'm pretty happy with the cheap stuff you can get with a bit of patience. I think that I will build a 10V "standard" from my AD588s, in a nice box.

So, what kind of connectivity do you guys have in yuor lab? Is everything GPIB, USB, or some mix?

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Well, there is WWV :-)

A mix, and that's unavoidable. Older gear that is irreplaceable (because they simply don't make some of the good stuff anymore) inevitably comes with those dreaded HPIB garden hose connections. The logic analyzer and some other gear I rarely use is from the RS232 era. Modern gear like the DSO is USB. And I will absolutely not have HPIB garden hoses here anymore.

So, there is a Prologix HPIB/USB adaptor, an RS232/USB adaptor plus the traditional USB spreader octopus. I raised the equipment rack by 1-1/2" to make all that fit underneath, plus scope probes, chargers, international outlets, a flat vise and whatever else is needed during lab work. Nice thing is, a laptop can now talk to all the important boxes.

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I'm so used to GPIB that I'm probably not a good example. It's a great deal nicer than RS232, and given that it's been around so long, I don't have to worry much about OSes not supporting it in detail--unlike USB.

A nice Prologix GPIB-Ethernet is next on my list.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Phil Hobbs

GPIB is terrible. The topper happened a long time ago, after I had just laid new carpet. Connector slipped off, the garden hose cable ricocheted, hit my coffee mug which was half full ... *THWACK* ... flew off and crashed onto new carpet. That was the end of GPIB for me. There sure are better busses out there. I used to prefer RS232 but now everything is USB.

If you have to use equipment at clients a lot and its legacy HP stuff the USB version is very practical. Plug it in, hit print on the analyzer, done. But Abdul (the Prologix designer) and I had to iron out a bias problem before it liked HP legacy gear.

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Spilling coffee is a criticism of a bus? GPIB can do about 1 MB/s when externally clocked, which is better than good enough for most things I need to do in the lab, and if I tighten the screws I can even keep my coffee and my carpet. ;)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Joerg is accident prone... always *PHUT*ing ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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He always has one *PHUT* in the grave...

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Very good!

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We need to have an SED get-together. If I hosted it, say in April, when AZ is absolutely delightful weather-wise, who would come? ...Jim Thompson

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I would. :-) 

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Noted and added to the list. ...Jim Thompson

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BTW, The invite includes wives, girl friends and "significant others".

Believe it or not, we've been happily married for just months shy of

50 years, and my wife enjoys setting up a party... ask Spehro ;-) ...Jim Thompson 
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| James E.Thompson, CTO                            |    mens     | 
| Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      | 
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    | 
| Phoenix, Arizona  85048    Skype: Contacts Only  |             | 
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