From: Tim Pease <tim.pease@...>
Date: 2006-12-08T09:35:01+09:00
Subject: Re: IEEE-488 (GP-IB) Interface Lib for Ruby

On 12/7/06, John Joyce <John.Joyce@dgs.virginia.gov> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Is anyone aware of a Ruby library for controlling IEEE-488 interface
> cards?  The specific application that I am having to work with is
> running MS-Windows XP and uses National Instruments IEEE-488 interface
> cards.  So far a search of this newsgroup and the general web hasn't
> returned anything promising.  NI normally provides several levels of
> drivers, ranging from direct port access through DLL and COM
> interfaces.  Use of any of these would probably be acceptable.
>

http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-gpib/

Have not tried these personally. We use the NI Ethernet / GPIB
converter boxes here at work. Everything is just a socket call, but
the transfer rates are slower than the PCI cards.

Blessings,
TwP