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Measuring Pmod Switching Speed with a High-Bandwidth Oscilloscope

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Digilent recently introduced the ADP5470 and ADP5490, two new models in the Analog Discovery Pro 5000 Series. Both are four-channel mixed-signal oscilloscopes with significantly higher bandwidth and sample rates than previous models. To test their c...
- 30 Oct 2025
Understanding DAQ Issues: How to Improve the Accuracy and Reliability of Your Data

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Introduction Working with a data acquisition system (DAQ) often feels straightforward—especially when you’re only measuring one channel. But once you expand beyond that and bring multiple inputs into the mix, things can get tricky. You mi...
- 12 Aug 2025
Genesys ZU Zmod AWG Demo

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Overview This demonstration project is designed to showcase the use of the Zmod AWG 1411 module in combination with the Genesys ZU development board. It provides a functional starting point for anyone looking to build their own ...
- 8 Jul 2025
New Product Announcement: Analog Discovery Studio Max

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Analog Discovery Studio Max: Multi-Instrument Lab for Engineering Experimentation The Analog Discovery Studio Max (ADS Max) is a versatile and comprehensive electronics laboratory solution tailored for academic environments. It integrates ...
- 17 Jun 2025
Basys 3 Stopwatch Demo

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Introduction This demo project showcases a stopwatch game designed in Verilog for the Basys 3 FPGA development board . The idea behind it is simple but effective: the user presses a button to start a timer and then tries to stop it at the perfec...
- 4 Jun 2025
Exploring FPGA Pin Performance with Digilent's New High-Bandwidth Oscilloscopes

bogdanilies

Introduction to the Analog Discovery Pro 5000 Series Digilent has recently expanded their test equipment lineup with two powerful new oscilloscopes—the ADP5470 and ADP5490 . These four-channel mixed-signal oscilloscopes offer s...
- 14 Apr 2025
Analog Discovery Pro ADP2230 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope

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ADP2230 is a mixed signal oscilloscope (MSO) for professional engineers. It includes analog inputs, analog output, and digital I/O, with deep memory buffers all operating at up to 125 MS/s. Users can receive and generate digital signals to test and ...
- 3 Jun 2024
Exploring the World of Thermocouples: Overcoming Measurement Challenges with Raspberry Pi-based MCC 134 DAQ HAT

steveradecky

When it comes to temperature measurement, thermocouples stand out as a favored solution owing to their affordability, simplicity, and expansive measurement range. In this article, we'll explain the intricacies of accurate thermocouple measureme...
- 13 Feb 2024
Dual Device Mode for Analog Discovery 3

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Dual mode is a new feature recently unveiled in WaveForms, coinciding with the launch of Analog Discovery 3 . This addition enables users to connect two identical Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes, synchronizing their acquisitions to double the channel coun...
- 25 Sep 2023
Analog Discovery 3 - What's different?

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This article details the differences in the new Analog Discovery 3 vs the Analog Discovery 2. Lower Price than Analog Discovery 2 Backwards compatible with Analog Discovery 2 projects — so long as it didn’t use the 1.8 V input setting for...
- 9 Aug 2023
Analog Discovery 3- USB Oscilloscope, Waveform Generator, Logic Analyzer, and Variable Power Supply

steveradecky

The new Digilent Analog Discovery 3 is a digital oscilloscope, logic analyzer, waveform generator, pattern generator, and much more. Using the included WaveForms software (supported by Windows, Mac, and Linux), the Analog Discovery 3 can be used in ...
- 5 Jul 2023
Measuring 4-20 mA Current with a Digilent DAQ Device

steveradecky

The 4-20 mA current loop interface came about because of the need to transmit information over long distances. System designers found that instead of a changing a voltage signal [that is susceptible to noise and voltage drops along the wires]they cou...
- 22 May 2023
DPS3340 Discovery USB Programmable Power Supply

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DPS3340 is a three channel variable DC programmable power supply. It allows users to control the power provided to external circuits. Providing both constant voltage and constant current modes with built in readback sensors and optional tracking for ...
- 17 Apr 2023
Build electronic circuits with Texas Instruments myParts Kit

alexwonglik1

Whenever you build a circuit or prototype, the first thing is to grab the necessary components and parts. Occasionally, a missing active or passive component causes a delay for the project. Having the electronic parts kit can prevent this problem. Pa...
- 26 May 2021
Digilent launches The Analog Discovery Pro model ADP3450

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Digilent has officially launched their new Analog Discovery Pro model ADP3450 with a price of $1295 US. The Analog Discovery Pro ADP3450 is a professional bench-top tool which includes a wide variety of features. This might not be the che...
- 8 Apr 2021
Digilent Arty S7 FPGA board-- Interfacing PmodNAV sensor.

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First, I would like to thank element14 for providing me one of the ten boards for the Arty-s7 series webinar. I was glad to be a part of the webinar and attended all three. I was also learning FPGA because of their several advantages and flexibility ...
- 18 Nov 2020
DAQopter - Create a data-acquisition hexacopter using Digilent Wi-Fire board

alexwonglik1

“DAQopter” is a data acquisition and monitoring system for a wide range of signals: video, distance measuring, temperature measuring, GPS tracking, collected in various environments via a hexacopter drone which is controlled over the wireless using t...
- 16 Nov 2020
Display text in different sizes and colors using ArduinoUno & Pmod OLEDrgb

alexwonglik1

In this project, users will see how to set up the Pmod OLEDrgbPmod OLEDrgb 96 x 64 RGB OLED Display with 16-bit color resolution with the Arduino Uno in order to display different sizes and color messages. The Pmod OLEDrgbPmod OLEDrgb features a...
- 30 Oct 2020
Drive DC Motor with Digilent Pmod H-bridge with Feedback Inputs and Arduino Uno

alexwonglik1

This projects showcase how to use Digilent Pmod HB5Pmod HB5 H-bridge driver and Arduino Uno to drive the DC motor. The Pmod HB5 offers a 2A H-bridge circuit to drive small- to medium-sized DC motors. Two sensor feedback pins are incorpora...
- 24 Sep 2020
How to use external trigger in Digilent Test & Measurement Devices

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All of Digilent Portable Test and Measurement Devices including Analog Discovery 2Analog Discovery 2, Analog Discovery StudioAnalog Discovery Studio and Digital DiscoveryDigital Discovery have external trigger. With triggers enabled, a dynamic wavefo...
- 2 Sep 2020
Build and Measure Signals and Systems on Electronics Explorer

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The Digilent Electronics Explorer Electronics Explorer includes all of the test and measurement equipment needed to design, build, and test analog and digital circuits of all types. Built around a large solderless breadboard, the Electronics Explore...
- 4 Aug 2020
Bluetooth controlled FPGA Based Synthesizer

alexwonglik1

A student creates a Bluetooth controlled synthesizer with Digilent Nexys Video Digilent Nexys Video and Pmod BT2Pmod BT2. You can control the frequency and amplitude of 10 sine waves from the mobile apps. Signal Processing for the Synthesi...
- 31 Jul 2020
Debug your embedded design. Look at the Xilinx Zynq boot sequence

alexwonglik1

In the process of developing a new Xilinx Zynq SoC system, it's important to know the specifications of the hardware and see the timing of signals. Unfortunately, the speed of the QSPI transactions in the boot sequence isn’t always an evident specifi...
- 1 Jul 2020
Implement Fast Fourier Transform on Xilinx Zynq SoC

alexwonglik1

The Fourier transform (FT) decomposes a signal into its constituent frequencies and shows that any signal can be re-written as the sum of sinusoidal functions. It is also a mathematical method for transforming a function of time into a function of fr...
- 15 Jun 2020
Introducing Digilent Zmods: Cost-effective high-speed I/O expansion modules for FPGA boards

alexwonglik1

Many engineers have come across Digilent Pmods standard and even included Pmods in their systems. Pmod modules allow for more effective designs by routing analog signals and power supplies only where they are needed, and away from digital contr...
- 2 Jun 2020