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Instrument Control using C# with VISA

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VISA is a driver software architecture developed to unify communication with GPIB, serial, Ethernet/LAN, IEEE 1394, and USB instruments and simplify your instrument control applications. With the VISA API developers can use GPIB, serial, Ethernet/LAN, IEEE 1394, and USB instruments.

VISA offers the following benefits:

  • Interface independence – VISA provides a single API with the same methods to communicate with instruments, regardless of the interface type. For example, the VISA command to send an ASCII string to a message-based instrument is the same for GPIB, serial, Ethernet/LAN, IEEE 1394, and USB interfaces.
  • An object-oriented architecture that can easily adapt to new instrumentation interfaces developed in the future.
  • Full-featured instrumentation programming functionality implemented in a very compact command set.

What is the VISA .Net API?


The VISA .Net API is an object-oriented interface made up of a set of .Net classes to communicate with instruments with VISA. You can use Net compliant languages such as C# and Visual Basic .Net.


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Instrument control using MATLAB

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Instrument Control Toolbox for MATLAB and Simulink by MathWorks lets you acquire data from test equipment like oscilloscopes and signal analyzers.


What does the Instrument Control Toolbox for MATLAB and Simulink do?


Instrument Control Toolbox for MATLAB and Simulink by MathWorks is a standalone application software add-on for MATLAB. It includes functions and apps to access data directly from test equipment. It supports industry-standard IVI and VXIplugandplay drivers, and it lets you communicate with instruments over GPIB, USB and TCP/IP. MATLAB together with Instrument Control Toolbox are ideal for applications that require preprocessing and analysis of RF and other signals.


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Instruments with Python

Instrument Control with Python

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Engineers program measurement and analysis routines in Python and validation and production engineers automate test in Python. Instruments can be automated and controlled through Modular Instrument Python Drivers.


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Instrument control with LabVIEW

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LabVIEW allows you to use, modify, and develop instrument drivers for programmatically controlling instruments. Instrument control is beneficial, and there are multiple industry applications. Additionally, LabVIEW allows you to efficiently modify an instrument driver and create new instrument drivers.


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