The Message and Register Interfaces

Digitizer Command Paths

The HP E1429 digitizer can be programmed as a message-based device or as a register-based device (Appendix C). When the digitizer functions as a message-based device, the processor within the message interface (Figure 3-1) converts SCPI (ASCII) command strings to register reads and writes through the register interface. When the digitizer functions as a register-based device, command opcodes are written directly to the digitizer registers from the register interface.

Figure 3-2 shows the command paths used when programming the digitizer as a message-based device or as a register-based device.

Figure 3-2. HP E1429 Digitizer Command Paths

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