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Dr. Frank Stellmach

Tue, Nov 30, 2010 8:56 PM

Marv,

the 7001s underlying patent from John Pickering, e.g.:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5369245.pdf

discloses Metron Design Ltd. as the initially developing company, which
has been acquired by Wavetek, or Datron, as far as I remember, which has
been acquired by Fluke definitely (which also has been acquired lately
by an investment company, which also holds TEK...).

Frank

Marv, the 7001s underlying patent from John Pickering, e.g.: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5369245.pdf discloses Metron Design Ltd. as the initially developing company, which has been acquired by Wavetek, or Datron, as far as I remember, which has been acquired by Fluke definitely (which also has been acquired lately by an investment company, which also holds TEK...). Frank

BC

Brooke Clarke

Tue, Nov 30, 2010 9:13 PM

Hi Frank:

I like Google patents:
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=uY8gAAAAEBAJ&dq=5369245

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com

Dr. Frank Stellmach wrote:

Marv,

the 7001s underlying patent from John Pickering, e.g.:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5369245.pdf

discloses Metron Design Ltd. as the initially developing company,
which has been acquired by Wavetek, or Datron, as far as I remember,
which has been acquired by Fluke definitely (which also has been
acquired lately by an investment company, which also holds TEK...).

Frank

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Hi Frank: I like Google patents: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=uY8gAAAAEBAJ&dq=5369245 Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com Dr. Frank Stellmach wrote: > Marv, > > the 7001s underlying patent from John Pickering, e.g.: > http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5369245.pdf > > discloses Metron Design Ltd. as the initially developing company, > which has been acquired by Wavetek, or Datron, as far as I remember, > which has been acquired by Fluke definitely (which also has been > acquired lately by an investment company, which also holds TEK...). > > Frank > > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > >

MG

Marv Gozum @ JHN

Wed, Dec 1, 2010 7:36 PM

Thank a ton for these leads, Frank and Brooke. Its another way to
see build a stable home-brew voltage reference.

At 04:13 PM 11/30/2010, Brooke Clarke wrote:

Hi Frank:

I like Google patents:
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=uY8gAAAAEBAJ&dq=5369245

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com

Dr. Frank Stellmach wrote:

Marv,

the 7001s underlying patent from John Pickering, e.g.:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5369245.pdf

discloses Metron Design Ltd. as the initially developing company,
which has been acquired by Wavetek, or Datron, as far as I
remember, which has been acquired by Fluke definitely (which also
has been acquired lately by an investment company, which also holds TEK...).

Frank

Best Wishes,

Marv Gozum
Philadelphia

Thank a ton for these leads, Frank and Brooke. Its another way to see build a stable home-brew voltage reference. At 04:13 PM 11/30/2010, Brooke Clarke wrote: >Hi Frank: > >I like Google patents: >http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=uY8gAAAAEBAJ&dq=5369245 > >Have Fun, > >Brooke Clarke >http://www.PRC68.com > > >Dr. Frank Stellmach wrote: >>Marv, >> >>the 7001s underlying patent from John Pickering, e.g.: >>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5369245.pdf >> >>discloses Metron Design Ltd. as the initially developing company, >>which has been acquired by Wavetek, or Datron, as far as I >>remember, which has been acquired by Fluke definitely (which also >>has been acquired lately by an investment company, which also holds TEK...). >> >>Frank Best Wishes, Marv Gozum Philadelphia

MG

Marv Gozum @ JHN

Wed, Dec 1, 2010 9:13 PM

Folks,

As a support issue in running all volt-nut equipment in your labs,
would you purposefully get LabView to ease interfacing or write your
own custom software in whatever language you are proficient in?

Perusing the Time/volt Nut archives and other sets, I came across a
clone described in 2007, anyone use it since then and can comments or
contrasts it against labView?

http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/profilab-expert.html

Best Wishes,

Marv Gozum
Philadelphia

Folks, As a support issue in running all volt-nut equipment in your labs, would you purposefully get LabView to ease interfacing or write your own custom software in whatever language you are proficient in? Perusing the Time/volt Nut archives and other sets, I came across a clone described in 2007, anyone use it since then and can comments or contrasts it against labView? http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/profilab-expert.html Best Wishes, Marv Gozum Philadelphia

BC

Brooke Clarke

Wed, Dec 1, 2010 9:37 PM

Hi Marv:

Profilab has a look and feel that's similar to LabVIEW, but it's no
where near the same.

LabVIEW is a much more powerful solution, and costs more, although you
can get a student version of LV.
Note you still need to write code in LabVIEW and that takes some
learning curve work. But they often have instrument drivers already
written.

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com

Marv Gozum @ JHN wrote:

Folks,

As a support issue in running all volt-nut equipment in your labs,
would you purposefully get LabView to ease interfacing or write your
own custom software in whatever language you are proficient in?

Perusing the Time/volt Nut archives and other sets, I came across a
clone described in 2007, anyone use it since then and can comments or
contrasts it against labView?

http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/profilab-expert.html

Best Wishes,

Marv Gozum
Philadelphia

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Hi Marv: Profilab has a look and feel that's similar to LabVIEW, but it's no where near the same. LabVIEW is a much more powerful solution, and costs more, although you can get a student version of LV. Note you still need to write code in LabVIEW and that takes some learning curve work. But they often have instrument drivers already written. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com Marv Gozum @ JHN wrote: > Folks, > > As a support issue in running all volt-nut equipment in your labs, > would you purposefully get LabView to ease interfacing or write your > own custom software in whatever language you are proficient in? > > Perusing the Time/volt Nut archives and other sets, I came across a > clone described in 2007, anyone use it since then and can comments or > contrasts it against labView? > > http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/profilab-expert.html > > > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Marv Gozum > Philadelphia > > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > >

PK

Poul-Henning Kamp

Wed, Dec 1, 2010 9:43 PM

In message 4CF6C014.1010604@pacific.net, Brooke Clarke writes:

Profilab has a look and feel that's similar to LabVIEW, but it's no
where near the same.

As a support issue in running all volt-nut equipment in your labs,
would you purposefully get LabView to ease interfacing or write your
own custom software in whatever language you are proficient in?

I use Python, I don't want to dedicate a LCD monitor to run some
instruments, and I don't want to have to check said monitor to
find out what goes wrong.

Obviously, this requires you to be able to program Python...

I'm slowly building a set of python libraries for the various
instruments I have and the ways I talk to them (serial/SCPI, gpib,
ethernet etc) and make per-device (ie: hp3458a, hp3577b etc) libraries
on top of that which gives me high-level function specific calls
for each instrument.

Poul-Henning

--
Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.

In message <4CF6C014.1010604@pacific.net>, Brooke Clarke writes: >Profilab has a look and feel that's similar to LabVIEW, but it's no >where near the same. >> As a support issue in running all volt-nut equipment in your labs, >> would you purposefully get LabView to ease interfacing or write your >> own custom software in whatever language you are proficient in? I use Python, I don't want to dedicate a LCD monitor to run some instruments, and I don't want to have to check said monitor to find out what goes wrong. Obviously, this requires you to be able to program Python... I'm slowly building a set of python libraries for the various instruments I have and the ways I talk to them (serial/SCPI, gpib, ethernet etc) and make per-device (ie: hp3458a, hp3577b etc) libraries on top of that which gives me high-level function specific calls for each instrument. Poul-Henning -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.

BG

Brent Gordon

Wed, Dec 1, 2010 10:25 PM

LabVIEW gives you three big advantages over other programming
languages: graphical user interface, easy graphing of data, and easy
GPIB. If these are important to you, you may want LabVIEW. It does a
lot of other things, but these three are where it differs most from
other programming languages.

You can download a free thirty day trial from the NI website:
http://www.ni.com/trylabview/

I've programmed LabVIEW for over ten years. I've never tried ProfiLab

Brent

On 12/1/2010 2:13 PM, Marv Gozum @ JHN wrote:

Folks,

As a support issue in running all volt-nut equipment in your labs,
would you purposefully get LabView to ease interfacing or write your
own custom software in whatever language you are proficient in?

Perusing the Time/volt Nut archives and other sets, I came across a
clone described in 2007, anyone use it since then and can comments or
contrasts it against labView?

http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/profilab-expert.html

Best Wishes,

Marv Gozum
Philadelphia

LabVIEW gives you three big advantages over other programming languages: graphical user interface, easy graphing of data, and easy GPIB. If these are important to you, you may want LabVIEW. It does a lot of other things, but these three are where it differs most from other programming languages. You can download a free thirty day trial from the NI website: http://www.ni.com/trylabview/ I've programmed LabVIEW for over ten years. I've never tried ProfiLab Brent On 12/1/2010 2:13 PM, Marv Gozum @ JHN wrote: > Folks, > > As a support issue in running all volt-nut equipment in your labs, > would you purposefully get LabView to ease interfacing or write your > own custom software in whatever language you are proficient in? > > Perusing the Time/volt Nut archives and other sets, I came across a > clone described in 2007, anyone use it since then and can comments or > contrasts it against labView? > > http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/profilab-expert.html > > Best Wishes, > > Marv Gozum > Philadelphia

MG

Marv Gozum @ JHN

Thu, Dec 2, 2010 8:54 PM

Thanks Brooke, Poul-Henning and Brent. Seems like 2 for LV and 1
custom! I current run equipment on a custom script in EZGPIB's
scripting method and all's well. So I'm currently in the custom
camp, but I give Labview a whirl with the free trial and find out.

At 04:43 PM 12/1/2010, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

In message 4CF6C014.1010604@pacific.net, Brooke Clarke writes:

Profilab has a look and feel that's similar to LabVIEW, but it's no
where near the same.

I'm slowly building a set of python libraries for the various
instruments I have and the ways I talk to them (serial/SCPI, gpib,
ethernet etc) and make per-device (ie: hp3458a, hp3577b etc) libraries
on top of that which gives me high-level function specific calls
for each instrument.

Best Wishes,

Marv Gozum
Philadelphia

Thanks Brooke, Poul-Henning and Brent. Seems like 2 for LV and 1 custom! I current run equipment on a custom script in EZGPIB's scripting method and all's well. So I'm currently in the custom camp, but I give Labview a whirl with the free trial and find out. At 04:43 PM 12/1/2010, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >In message <4CF6C014.1010604@pacific.net>, Brooke Clarke writes: > > >Profilab has a look and feel that's similar to LabVIEW, but it's no > >where near the same. > >I'm slowly building a set of python libraries for the various >instruments I have and the ways I talk to them (serial/SCPI, gpib, >ethernet etc) and make per-device (ie: hp3458a, hp3577b etc) libraries >on top of that which gives me high-level function specific calls >for each instrument. > Best Wishes, Marv Gozum Philadelphia

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