Why Does the Zmod Digitizer Have an On-Board Low-Jitter Clock Source?
What is jitter? Jitter is the variance in where exactly a clock falls. You might expect that a 100 MHz clock has edges that occur exactly every 10 ns. However, …
What is jitter? Jitter is the variance in where exactly a clock falls. You might expect that a 100 MHz clock has edges that occur exactly every 10 ns. However, …
Imagine you have just a few measurements left before you can hand over your latest project to your sales team so that they can present it to potential customers. But …
So what is it? The Digilent Test & Measurement Toolbox allows users to acquire and analyze data in MATLAB using Digilent’s test and measurment devices. Featuring analog data streaming, digital …
WaveForms. It’s the software suite that controls all of Digilent’s Test and Measurement devices including the popular Analog Discovery 2, the Analog Discovery Pro series boards, and the Digital Discovery. …
So I’ve been using the Analog Discovery Pro (ADP3450/ADP3250) and the Analog Discovery 2 for some time now. But one of the things I had to keep on my bench here …
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 …
Using Additional Software to View Date Remotely Now that we’ve created a working distributed data collection and display system (see parts 1 through 4), let’s briefly explore other software packages available …
Distributing the Applications to View the Data Remotely The goal of this article series is to demonstrate how to create a data acquisition system on one system, and view the …
Creating an Application to View Data with VB.NET In Part 2, we created a working application to read telemetry from sensors connected to a USB-2408, write the telemetry or data to …
How to Test a Relay With a Multimeter: A Detailed Guide A multimeter tests a relay in two ways. First, set it to ohms (Ω) mode and measure the coil …
To measure current with a multimeter, you break the circuit and insert the meter in series. Set the meter to A (amps) or mA, plug the red probe into the …
There’s a particular kind of project that a lot of engineering students want to attempt but never quite start. Building a processor is high on that list. It sounds like …
Hello readers, Oscar Fonseca here, Product Manager at Emerson, working closely with our NI and Digilent academic customers. I’m excited to announce the release of LabVIEW WaveForms Toolkit 2.0. One …