Using object-oriented technology to design efficient IEEE-488.2 (GPIB) interface instruments

摘要

IEEE-4888.2 interface (or popularly known as GPIB interface)-based instruments are very common in the test and measurement industry. The most important characteristics of the firmware for such instruments are small code size and ease of implementation and maintenance. Object-oriented (OO) techniques can be used to exploit their inherent advantages and the paper demonstrates the design of firmware for an IEEE-488.2-based instrument using OO techniques.