{"id":13884,"date":"2016-05-26T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T18:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=13884"},"modified":"2025-06-02T04:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:05:58","slug":"analog-discovery-2-and-its-big-empty-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/analog-discovery-2-and-its-big-empty-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Analog Discovery 2: Inside the Box & Accessories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I’ve been abandoning my digital roots, and looking more into the analog side of the world. I started by using the Analog Discovery 2 to scope digital signals<\/a>\u00a0and I got to tell everyone at ECEDHA about the logic analyzer and network analyzer<\/a>, then I found an Analog Discovery being used by a start up company<\/a>. Well, up until now those have all been brief encounters. Recently I got my own Analog Discovery 2<\/a> and have been playing around with it and it’s accessory friends.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Analog Discovery 2 packaging, beautiful, but not meant to last\u00a0(the cardboard parts at least).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Analog Discovery 2<\/a>\u00a0packaging consists of cleverly\u00a0folded and cut cardboard inserts put inside a project box<\/a>. When I opened mine, I couldn’t wait to get it out of the box. In fact, if you are anything like me and happen to lack a delicate touch, you probably ripped the packaging trying to get it open.<\/p>\n

\"Would<\/a>
Would you look at that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you have never taken the cardboard insert out of the project box<\/a>, then you’ve never discovered the secret hidden behind it, the helpful pin diagram<\/a>. The pin diagram<\/a> shows all of the input and output pins of the Analog Discovery 2<\/a>. The two channel oscilloscope, variable power supply, waveform generators, triggers, digital inputs and outputs, and the grounds.<\/p>\n

You can also see a sneak peak of some of the accessories.\u00a0\u00a0I know the first thing I do when I get a new tool is to see what accessories I can get for it.<\/p>\n

<\/a>
Ah, the hidden pin diagram<\/a>. A useful quick reference.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, after I had recycled all of that cardboard, I felt like I left the Analog Discovery 2<\/a>\u00a0all alone…\u00a0in a great big box.<\/p>\n

\"All<\/a>
All by itseeeelllfff, the Analog Discovery 2, all by itttsellllf, in a box.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So I\u00a0thought, maybe if I put the accessories that ship along with the Analog Discovery 2<\/a> in the box, I might feel better about it. Nothing, not even an inanimate 2-channel USB oscilloscope deserves to be lonely.<\/p>\n

\"Looking<\/a>
Looking a little more cozy with the accessories that ship with the Analog Discovery 2<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But I was wrong. Listen to that thing rattle around in the box.<\/p>\n