Laptop Question

[Cory_K]

Heres my original question:

Question
I just wasnt sure if people look in that part of the forums.

[PhillipBrooks]

Have you considered using a bus adapter?

http://www.duel-systemsadapters.com/

[smercurio_fc]

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Cory K wrote:

I just wasnt sure if people look in that part of the forums.

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They do. Sometimes you need to be a little patient in getting a response.

[Cory_K]

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Phillip Brooks wrote:

Have you considered using a bus adapter?

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Is that PCMCIA to USB or PCMCIA to Express?
It looks like the latter of the two. The problem is that even if a laptop comes with an express slot,
it will come with 1, not 2, so I'm still stuck. 

[PhillipBrooks]

The DualAdapter plugs into an ExpressCard slot and provides an external dongle that will support one PCMCIA card.

Since you need two, this probably won't work 😞

[smercurio_fc]

Why not just get a USB to PCMCIA adapter? As long as you have 2 USB ports this should work. And if you don't have 2 USB ports you can always get a USB hub.

[Cory_K]

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smercurio_fc wrote:
Why not just get a USB to PCMCIA adapter? As long as you have 2 USB ports this should work. And if you don't have 2 USB ports you can always get a USB hub.

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I thought about that, but one adapter is $500 and the one to replace the PCMCIA card is $950.
That would almost double the price of the purchase if I had to buy a laptop and hardware replacement.

I'll keep looking for options. Thanks for your input so far everyone.

[smercurio_fc]

You never mentioned anything like a GPIB controller or a DAQ device. I wasn't talking about getting USB versions of the hardware you have. I was talking about one of these.

[Cory_K]

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smercurio_fc wrote:
You never mentioned anything like a GPIB controller or a DAQ device. I wasn't talking about getting USB versions of the hardware you have. I was talking about one of these.

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Ahh, much better (and by better I mean cheaper ).
Is this type of third party hardware supported by LabVIEW?

 

[Cory_K]

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smercurio_fc wrote:
You never mentioned anything like a GPIB controller or a DAQ device. I wasn't talking about getting USB versions of the hardware you have. I was talking about one of these.

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Yeh, I guess it would help if I told you what equipment I currently have. I have:

- PCMCIA-GPIB card

- DAQCard-6036E