Specifications

3 GPIB I/O Support
3-2
xPC Target interfaces the target PC to a GPIB instrument bus using an
external GPIB controller from National Instruments. This external controller
is connected to the target PC with a serial cable.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•
Introduction to GPIB Drivers — Description of hardware connections,
Simulink blocks, and MATALB message structures associated with the
Simulink blocks.
•
Using GPIB Drivers — Procedures to add GPIB driver blocks to your
Simulink model, and create the message structures associated with those
blocks.
•
GPIB Simulink Block Reference — Description of block parameters for
GPIB driver blocks.
•
GPIB MATLAB Structure Reference — Description of the fields in the
message structures, shortcuts, and data types supported in the message
fields.