Worth noting that GPIB is still very common in labs and present in modern lab equipment that's still in production. Tek's AFG31000 is one example but there's countless more.
Mil/gov customers are still die-hard GPIB users and that's a major sector for T&M sales.
guenthert•1mo ago
Indeed. Keysight's top-of-the-line long-scale DMM, the 3458A, was redesigned (chiefly for RoHS compliance) in 2019 and the GPIB bus remains the only means to remote control that instrument.
KK7NIL•1mo ago
To be fair, that's a small redesign of a 40 year old design (everything is still through hole, for example).
The AFG31k is a brand new design from the ground up and it still has GPIB! And it's far from an isolated case, GPIB has a strong network effect, pun intended.
KK7NIL•1mo ago
Mil/gov customers are still die-hard GPIB users and that's a major sector for T&M sales.
guenthert•1mo ago
KK7NIL•1mo ago
The AFG31k is a brand new design from the ground up and it still has GPIB! And it's far from an isolated case, GPIB has a strong network effect, pun intended.