Interface PCI-852100 PCI GPIB Controller Card IEEE-488 Made in Japan

Interface PCI-852100 PCI GPIB Controller Card IEEE-488 Made in Japan

The Interface Corporation PCI-852100 is a PCI-bus GPIB (IEEE-488) controller card designed to connect a standard desktop PC or workstation to GPIB-equipped test and measurement instruments. It mounts in a full-height PCI slot and provides a single IEEE-488 Centronic-style GPIB port on the bracket for direct instrument connectivity. The card is marked "MADE IN JAPAN" and carries UL and RoHS compliance markings.

Specifications & What's Included

• Manufacturer: Interface Corporation
• Model: PCI-852100
• Bus Interface: PCI (32-bit)
• Interface Standard: IEEE-488 (GPIB)
• Bracket Connector: 24-pin Centronic IEEE-488 / GPIB female
• Form Factor: Full-height PCI card
• PCB Color: Green
• Compliance: UL listed, RoHS
• Country of Manufacture: Japan
• Included: Card only -- no driver disc, cables, or accessories

Applications

GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus), standardized as IEEE-488, is the communication backbone of the test and measurement industry. Developed by HP in the late 1960s and later formalized as an international standard, GPIB allows a single PC controller to command and collect data from up to 15 connected instruments -- oscilloscopes, signal generators, multimeters, spectrum analyzers, power supplies, and more -- over a shared parallel bus at speeds up to 8 MB/s. The Interface PCI-852100 gives a standard PCI-equipped desktop or workstation a GPIB port, enabling automated test and measurement (ATE) setups, laboratory data acquisition, and instrument control from software such as LabVIEW, MATLAB, or custom SCPI-based applications. Interface Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer well known in the industrial and scientific automation markets for reliable IEEE-488, serial, and motion-control interface cards. PCI-bus GPIB cards like this one remain in active use wherever legacy GPIB instruments need to be integrated into modern PC-based test systems.