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HP 3478A: How to read/write cal SRAM

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Pete2:
Great thread. I just got my (first?) 3478A and am planning to replace the battery. Seems like it's never been replaced (yellow Panasonic with an expiry date 00). The unit itself seems to be manufactured in 1991. Plenty of volts in the battery still: about 3.4 V

I would like to get the cal memory backed up but I'm missing a GPIB adapter and cable. I'd like to use linux, so what's the best adapter (ie. cheapest) that works?

coromonadalix:
it would be the arduino project : http://egirland.blogspot.com/2014/03/arduino-uno-as-usb-to-gpib-controller.html

Pete2:
Thanks, I will probably get an Agilent 82357B adapter at some point, seems ebay has plenty of them at under 100 USD.

coromonadalix:
@ pete2   be careful there's a ton of fake Agilent 82357B usb gpib adapters around .......

Pete2:
coromonadalix, thanks for the tip. Any way to know which ones are fake? Also, do fake ones work at all? Almost all of them are listed as "new in box". If some of them are fakes, how to tell apart...

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