Vi for Keithley 2182

Hi!
Did someone wrote a Vi for Keithley 2182 nano-voltmeter that read/write to
the buffer of that device and is willing to share it?
Thanks
Menahem Katz
[email protected]

Menahem
There is a LabVIEW instrument driver for the Keithley 2182 on the Keithley web site at:
http://www.keithley.com/PRODUCTS/modelNumber_tmpl.​jsp?page=softwareDownloads&modelNumbers=2182
It is for LabVIEW 5.x, so it will load up in any version from 5.0 on.
Regards
Ian

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