Interface engineering / active project
HP-85 HP-IB Interface
A bench project focused on understanding, documenting, and testing the HP-85's connection to HP-IB instruments and peripherals.
PROJECT STATUSResearch & documentation
What this project covers
01
Connector and signal mapping
02
Addressing and controller behavior
03
BASIC I/O examples
04
Safe bench test procedure
Next observations
- Document the exact interface hardware in the collection.Pending
- Capture bus transactions from a known-good peripheral.Pending
- Build a repeatable instrument discovery test.Pending
Measurements and configuration details will be added as this system is inspected. Unknown values remain explicitly unverified rather than inferred.