WILL USB BE A STANDARD OFPC - INSTRUMENTATION COMMUNICATION ?

摘要

The goal of this paper is to provide analysis of Universal Serial Bus, multipurpose communication interface, in application to laboratory measurement systems. This interface is compared with others, established measurement interface standards, especially IEEE-488, in a view of requirements in this specific application. The current market offer and trends in software and hardware design are reviewed. Obstacles to common use of USB in measurements are pointed out and projections to the future use are made.