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The VISA standard includes specifications for communication with resources (usually, but not always, instruments) over T&M-specific I/O interfaces such as GPIB and VXI. There are also some specifications for T&M-specific Protocols over PC-standard I/O, such as VXI-11 (over TCP/IP ) and USBTMC (over USB ). The VISA library has standardized the presentation of its operations over several software reuse mechanisms, including through a C API exposed from Windows DLL, visa32.dll and over the Microsoft COM technology. Although there are several VISA vendors and implementations, applications written against VISA are (nominally) vendor-interchangeable thanks to the standardization of VISA's presentation and operations/capabilities. Implementations from specific vendors are also available for less common programming languages and software reuse technologies. HISTORY VISA was originally standardized through the VXI plug&play Alliance, a now-defunct T&M standards body. The current standard, VISA 2.2, is maintained by the IVI Foundation. |
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