The Agilent 82350A is a low-cost, high-performance IEEE-488 interface and software for PCI-based PCs. The 82350A makes it easy to access and control instruments and exchange data. This is a high-speed PCI card with built-in buffering, which de-couples GPIB transfers from the PCI bus transfers. Buffering provides I/O and system performance that is superior to direct memory access (DMA)-up to 750 KB/s.

The 82350A comes with SICL and VISA software for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000. This software is compatible with all previous versions of SICL/VISA. The hardware is software configurable and compatible with the plug&play standard for easy hardware installation.

The GPIB interface card plugs into a PCI slot in the backplane of your PC. Via a GPIB cable, this card connects to GPIB instruments. For VXI applications a GPIB cable connects the card to the command module in Slot 0 of the VXI mainframe.