Standard NIM digital bus (NIM/GPIE)

A standard digital data bus for nuclear instrument module (NIM) instruments as defined in DOE Publication TID-20893 utilizes the General Purpose Instrumentation Bus (GPIB) of ANSI/IEEE Std 488-1978 and the Code and Format conventions of ANSI/IEEE Std 728-1982 of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Additional requirements and recommendations are included to maximize compatibility of NIM instruments utilizing the bus.