Editor’s Note – In this series, we will take a behind the scenes look at how an engineer tackles a project from beginning to end. What challenges will come up? …
Introducing the New Analog Discovery Pro ADP5250 Working in the office means access to lots of fun toys for an engineer. With everyone in one place, the company can splurge …
What is Noise? Noise in signal measurement is unavoidable. It obscures interesting and useful signals, and might occur due to either properties of your circuitry, or even simply the test …
How You Can Add Buttons to Vivado These step-by-step instructions will add a button to the Vivado application that changes the working directory of the TCL console to the directory …
The introduction of the Analog Discovery Pro ADP5250 last month begs the immediate question: How does it “stack up” with the ADP3450? ADP5250’s Sample Rate, Bandwidth, and Resolution One of …
Constraining Ports in Block Designs In Vivado block designs, there are a couple of different ways to manage the inputs and outputs of your design and which FPGA pin locations they are connected to. …
How to Fix Board Connection Errors in Vivado and EEPROM It can be very frustrating to purchase a new board and run into a road block when testing out your …
Adding More Channels in WaveForms Let’s assume you have an Analog Discovery 2 and love it, but your setup needs more than two oscilloscope channels and the more powerful ADP3450 …
Editor’s Note – In this series, we will take a behind the scenes look at how an engineer tackles a project from beginning to end. What challenges will come up? …
How to Automate Your Measurements Article originally written by Richard Oed Oscilloscopes are the tool of choice for every engineer when it comes to measurements. If the instrument can also …
Getting a Job in FPGA FPGA engineers like solving tough problems and have a passion for using the latest technology to create new products. Here’s some information about the FPGA …
The Logic Analyzer instrument in WaveForms can be used to easily decode Manchester encoding signals. The following guide presents what Manchester encoding is, what are its advantages over unencoded digital …
There are plenty of data acquisition devices under $400, and the best choice depends on what you’re measuring. For general-purpose analog input, the MCC USB-1208FS-Plus ($204) is the classroom-standard 12-bit, …
When Digilent announced LabVIEW WaveForms Toolkit 2.0 earlier this month, a few additions stood out. Pattern Generator and Logic Analyzer support give students access to more of their Analog Discovery …
Mixed-Signal Oscilloscope vs. Digital Storage Oscilloscope A mixed-signal oscilloscope, or MSO, combines the analog channels of a digital storage oscilloscope, or DSO, with digital logic-analyzer channels in one instrument. A …
Every FPGA development workflow depends on several connected pieces: a programming and debugging interface, a design environment, expansion hardware, and the accessories needed to connect and power the system. Many …
