Communicating with the HP 3421A Data Aquisition/Control Unit

[Garth Wilson]

(07-26-2024 09:55 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  

(07-26-2024 02:07 PM)KeithB Wrote:  Would a PIL-Box allow him to communicate with it?

Yes! Emu71 can communicate with the 3421A through the PIL-Box just fine. Additionally, the Data Acq ROM can be installed in Emu71.

Note however that the special ROM is not mandatory; it might only make your program a little easier and more compact.  The instruction language of the 3421A is plenty simple, and I used it extensively with a 41cx with HP-IL and XIO, with no data-acquisition ROM.  I think I was mostly done using the 3421A when I got into the 71.