Digilent’s WaveForms software includes a small built-in FPGA utility, which is used to configure (program) the FPGA on supported Digilent boards directly from within WaveForms. If you’ve been around for …
Averaging several single-point measurements you place with oscilloscope cursors is a practical way to get a stable “representative” value of a signal at specific times or levels. WaveForms doesn’t (currently) …
We’re excited to relaunch DASYLab, a powerful software tool for data acquisition and analysis with new rent-to-own licensing options. DASYLab provides a simple graphical dataflow-oriented approach to acquiring and processing …
Digilent recently announced the release of two new members of the Analog Discovery Pro 5000 Series, the ADP5470 and ADP5490, which are both four-channel mixed-signal oscilloscopes offering substantially higher bandwidths …
Let’s talk about clocking. It’s crucial to the functionality of FPGA boards and digital design in general, as all synchronous logic depends on clocks. In this article, we’ll define some …
Digilent recently released updated versions of the WebDAQ 316, 504, and 904. These devices are internet-enabled dataloggers, capable of logging data from a variety of sensors like thermocouples, IEPE accelerometers, …
Ever find yourself in the situation where you’re asking yourself “I have my device plugged in, so why isn’t it working?”. A common issue is the USB cable – the …
We recently published a whitepaper “Precision Debugging with the Analog Discovery Pro (ADP2230)”. This whitepaper was originally going to be using the Analog Discovery 3, however, as can be seen …
In the spirit of the holidays, this is some plain-old fun. We’ve talked about video games implemented in FPGAs before – https://digilent.com/blog/?s=game – but what about the other way around? …
This blog post goes over one of several new features we’re announcing as part of the WaveForms 3.21 release. You might already be familiar with the Measurements view in WaveForms’ …
This blog post goes over one of several new features we’re announcing as part of the WaveForms 3.21 release. New Feature: Scope to Digital We’re introducing the “Scope to …
We recently revamped a tutorial on the Digilent Reference site which details how to set up an LWIP echo server for Zynq-7000 boards: Getting Started with Zynq Servers. This post is …
How SDR Works: Understanding the Mechanics of the SDR Signal Chain Software-defined radio (SDR) has transformed the way engineers, researchers, and students interact with wireless systems. Instead of relying on …
What Is SDR (Software Defined Radio)? Software Defined Radio (SDR) is a radio communication system that performs many traditional radio functions in software instead of dedicated hardware circuits. Tasks such …
Most students do not struggle with equations. They struggle with understanding what those equations actually do. In many learning environments, students define a system, run a process, and then interpret …
If you’re choosing between an FPGA and a SoC, the real question is not which one is “better.” It’s which one fits the job in front of you. Here is …
