For example, a GPIB-to-USB converter has a USB cable that connects to the universal serial bus (USB) port of the host computer, and a GPIB cable to connect to the rest of the GPIB network. In this way ...

GPIB switches enable several GPIB controllers to share one or more GPIB devices, or they allow a single GPIB controller to operate multiple GPIB bus systems. Users of up to four computers can share a ...