{"id":16956,"date":"2016-10-04T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=16956"},"modified":"2021-06-16T13:52:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:52:06","slug":"waveforms-tools-with-the-ad2-and-eeboard-the-waveform-generator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/waveforms-tools-with-the-ad2-and-eeboard-the-waveform-generator\/","title":{"rendered":"WaveForms Tools with the AD2 and EEBoard: The Waveform Generator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 4\u00a0of the ongoing blog-series dedicated to the new <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/waveforms-2015-download-only\/\">Waveforms 2015 <\/a>software brings us to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Waveform-Generator-With-the-Analog-Discovery-2\/\">Waveform Generator<\/a>\u00a0and how it can help you refine, tweak, and improve your projects.<\/p>\n<p>Waveform Generators are used to test circuits by generating defined signals that are then fed into the circuit under analysis. You can have an arbitrary waveform generator that outputs whatever waveform the user has defined. Or you can have a function generator that outputs predefined signals, like sine, square, etc. The Waveform Generator on the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/analog-discovery-2-100msps-usb-oscilloscope-logic-analyzer-and-variable-power-supply\/\">Analog Discovery 2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/waveforms-2015-download-only\/\">Waveforms 2015<\/a>\u00a0software is a combination of both types of generators.<\/p>\n<p>There are numerous ways to generate custom signals, from simple sine waves&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16969\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16969\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sine-600x337.png\" alt=\"A simple sine wave.\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A simple sine wave.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>to full custom free-hand waveforms&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16970\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16970\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/free-hand-600x318.png\" alt=\"A free-hand waveform drawn with the mouse directly on the plot window.\" width=\"600\" height=\"318\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A free-hand waveform drawn with the mouse directly on the plot window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>to AM\/FM modulated signals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16971\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16971\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16971\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/modulation-600x363.png\" alt=\"A sine wave modulated with both AM and FM.\" width=\"600\" height=\"363\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sine wave modulated with both AM and FM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is just a brief introduction to the highly\u00a0configurable\u00a0Waveform Generator\u00a0tool using the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/analog-discovery-2-100msps-usb-oscilloscope-logic-analyzer-and-variable-power-supply\/\">Analog Discovery 2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/waveforms-2015-download-only\/\">Waveforms 2015<\/a>. For a more in depth tutorial, check out my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Waveform-Generator-With-the-Analog-Discovery-2\/\">Instructable<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17029 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FHOAEQDIRXT0JPP.MEDIUM-600x451.jpg\" alt=\"fhoaeqdirxt0jpp-medium\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" data-wp-pid=\"17029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FHOAEQDIRXT0JPP.MEDIUM-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FHOAEQDIRXT0JPP.MEDIUM.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Instructable\u00a0goes in\u00a0depth into the control toolbar, configuration panes, and the preview plot. Hopefully this will help you take advantage of this versatile\u00a0software, and utilize it to generate just about any signal you need! As always, feel free to comment below with any questions!<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-16956 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='16956' data-nonce='8896bc70a6' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-16956 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-16956 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='16956' data-nonce='8896bc70a6' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-16956 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-16956 status align-left'>Be the 1st to vote.<\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon introduces the Analog Discovery 2 Waveform Generator!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":16970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4323,4312,1563],"tags":[111,1736],"ppma_author":[4471],"class_list":["post-16956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","category-usb-scopes-analyzers-generators","category-guide","tag-analog-discovery","tag-analog-discovery-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/free-hand-e1475170291361.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":4471,"user_id":22,"is_guest":0,"slug":"brmarcum","display_name":"Brandon Marcum","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3f3481ac36f3c92f08a1a8266d60111ca31c5031c4428d551991aa080d9d529b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":"","9":"","10":""}],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16956"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=16956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}