P488.1

Project Documents

29-Apr-2004 -- The IEC National Committees voted to adopt the IEEE's new 488.1 standard as part of the IEEE/IEC "dual logo" publishing program.  The final vote took place in France in January 2004.  Of the 23 National Committees voting, there was 1 negative vote -- from Germany with the comment "The draft in question is a vendor-specific solution and therefore not suitable for international standardization."  This is good news because now we won't have two different standards in use in Europe vs. in the USA.  -- Joe Czapski, Chair IMS TC-8

28-Apr-2004 -- The IEEE marketing dept. issued a Press Release regarding the revision of 488.1 in October 2003.

16-Jun-2003 -- The new IEEE 488.1 standard was APPROVED by the IEEE Standards Board on June 12.  I believe that this marks the end of the project.  Thank you to those of you who worked on the project and who were involved in the debate over its merits.  A lot of time and effort was expended over the years.

07-May-2003  --  Project status:  The third ballot recirculation has concluded on Draft 1.4 of the high-speed revision of the 488.1 standard.  The ballot passed with 80% approval.  The IEEE Standards Board is now reviewing the project documents and will contact me within a few weeks with concerns and/or final approval.  I will post the results here.

18 September 2000 Meeting at Autotestcon Conference, Anaheim, California

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Alternative Proposal from IEC/DKE: