Virtual instrument software architecture: Difference between revisions

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|publisher=IVI Foundation |title=VISA Specification}}</ref> 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 [[Protocol (computing)|protocols]] over PC-standard I/O, such as HiSLIP<ref name="IVI-6.1: High-Speed LAN Instrument Protocol (HiSLIP)">{{cite news |url=http://www.ivifoundation.org/downloads/Class%20Specifications/IVI-6.1_HiSLIP-2010-06-08.pdf

|publisher=IVI Foundation |title=IVI-6.1: High-Speed LAN Instrument Protocol (HiSLIP)}}</ref> or VXI-11<ref name="VXI-11 Bus Specification">{{cite news |url=http://www.vxibus.org/?q=node/206

|publisher=VXI Bus Consortium |title=VXI-11 Bus Specification}}</ref> (over [[TCPIP|TCP/IP]]) and USBTMC<ref name="USB Test & Measurement Class Specification">{{cite news
|url = http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs

|publisher = USB Implementers Forum Inc.
|title = USB Test & Measurement Class Specification}}</ref> (over [[USB]]).

|access-date = 2010-04-30

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100326005605/http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/

|archive-date = 2010-03-26

|dead-url = yes

|df =

}}</ref> (over [[USB]]).

The VISA library has standardized the presentation of its operations over several software reuse mechanisms, including through a C [[Application programming interface|API]] exposed from Windows [[Library (computer science)#Dynamic linking|DLL]], visa32.dll, over the Microsoft [[Component Object Model|COM]] technology, and through a [[.NET Framework|.NET]] API. 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 {{Specify|date=August 2015}} are also available for less common programming languages {{Specify|date=August 2015}} and software reuse technologies.