Imagine you’re enjoying a serene holiday in Japan, the tranquility only interrupted by news of a sudden disaster striking your PCB back home. Panic sets in – do you rush …
WaveForms has a hidden gem feature that might have escaped your attention in the Network Analyzer tool, our go-to for testing circuit responses to varying frequencies. What sets this apart …
This blog post discusses the concept of lock-in amplifiers and will introduce you to a newly added feature of WaveForms. The new Lock-In Amplifier feature is supported across all of …
Hi there Digilent Blog readers! I’m Dr. Brian Faulkner, professor of Electrical Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, where I teach introductory circuit theory and power …
Each day there’s more and more information coming at us from all outlets and it takes up valuable time and effort to determine what is worth listening to. People who …
In the vast realm of data acquisition, the precision and accuracy of measurements—particularly when working with digital input/output (I/O)—play a crucial role in extracting meaningful insights. This Tech Tip will …
Data acquisition solutions from Digilent’s MCC DAQ products provide for a wide range of applications and interfaces. Whether you are measuring current, voltage, temperature, strain or digital signals, Digilent offers …
Thermocouples are a popular way to measure temperature due to their low cost, ease-of-use, and wide measurement range. This article explains the difficulties in making accurate thermocouple measurements, how the …
COILS COILS COILS If you’re like me, you’ll have many wireless charging coils around your lab for various standards. They likely entered your lab well-dressed; adorned in well-labelled packaging, …
A classic interaction between a new FPGA user and an embattled older engineer (whether on our Forums or elsewhere) goes as follows: New engineer: My design doesn’t work, could you …
Acquiring and Measuring FM Radio Frequencies From Your Desktop Overview Using Waveforms’ Oscilloscope or Spectrum Analyzer instruments to acquire the typical FM radio frequencies is just one of the capabilities …
In this last installment of our four-part blog series about creating a smart lamp, we will bring everything together. The HAL for the WaveForms SDK we developed in the Part …
Hello readers, Oscar Fonseca here, product manager at Emerson, working closely with our NI and Digilent academic customers. In this blog, I’m going to compare the NI ELVIS III and the Digilent Analog Discovery Studio Max (ADS Max). As someone who …
NI USB oscilloscopes have a strong track record. If your workflow specifically depends on NI‑SCOPE driver features, InstrumentStudio, or formal calibration services, then NI’s modular instruments are the right path. For most prototyping, research, and validation teams, the Analog …
If you have ever pushed the bandwidth higher on an instrument and thought, “Why does this look worse now?” you are not alone. Many engineers run into this when they try to …
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 …
