How alive is IVI ?

[gdargaud]

Hello all,

I'm not trying to troll, but looking at http://www.ni.com/ivi/list.htm you get the idea that IVI compatible hardware is few and all but obsolete. When doing a little research shows a lot more compatible hardware. So, is there a more complete list of IVI hardware somewhere ?

In particular I'm open to suggestions for a light (even handheld) digital multimeter (or possibly even osciloscope) with a USB interface that can take SCPI commands and also be used by the IVI library. I currently use a HP 34410a, but it's ancient and big. I don't need much performance, but I have a hard time finding references.

Thanks.

[cymrieg · Accepted solution]

IVI is very much alive. There is no real IVI hardware it is more a matter of does that hardware have an IVI driver. So look here: http://www.ivifoundation.org/registered_drivers/driver_registry.aspx

[gdargaud]

Thanks for the link; yes it looks much more promising this way !

So, any recommendation for a handheld (or small) multimeter with USB / SCPI / IVI ?

[cymrieg]

I don't think your going to have much luck with a handheld Dmm and a IVI driver. Even Fluke only has IVI drivers for its bench top models

[gdargaud]

Thanks for the info, I'm no expert on those instruments and it's difficult to find general info on the web, I have to search the user manual PDFs just to know what kind of connectors they have... So anyone knows what are the cheapest bench models with IVI / SCPI / USB ?

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Not sure if this list is up to date, but there are a few pages of DMM's found at the IVI foundation.

http://www.ivifoundation.org/registered_drivers/driver_registry.aspx

-AK2DM