{"id":22243,"date":"2017-09-21T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=22243"},"modified":"2021-06-10T16:27:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T23:27:47","slug":"using-the-bnc-adapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/using-the-bnc-adapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the BNC Adapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/bnc-adapter-board-for-the-analog-discovery\/\">BNC Adapter for Analog Discovery<\/a> routes the Oscilloscope Channels, and WaveForm Generator channels through BNC connectors. This allows users to use standard <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/bnc-oscilloscope-x1-x10-probes-pair\/\">BNC probes<\/a>, 1X or 10X attenuation, and AC or DC coupling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/bnc-adapter-board-for-the-analog-discovery\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22295 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16156077087_d57bcfccf7_z-460x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16156077087_d57bcfccf7_z-460x600.jpg 460w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16156077087_d57bcfccf7_z.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other 26 pins are routed to a flywire connector on the bottom of the BNC Adapter. Because the BNC Adapter allows for the use of BNC probes, users can increase the bandwidth of both the WaveForm Generator on the Analog Discovery and the Oscilloscope.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/bnc-adapter-board-for-the-analog-discovery\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19337 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/31564130653_944b0a4b36_z-1-600x409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/31564130653_944b0a4b36_z-1-600x409.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/31564130653_944b0a4b36_z-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently we&#8217;ve been getting some questions on the details of the BNC Adapter and it&#8217;s use. On the resource center for the BNC Adapter you&#8217;ll find the tutorial entitled<a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/reference\/learn\/instrumentation\/tutorials\/bnc-adapter\/start\"> using the BNC Adapter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/reference\/learn\/instrumentation\/tutorials\/bnc-adapter\/start\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22297 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Resource-center-600x241.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Resource-center-600x241.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Resource-center-768x309.png 768w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Resource-center-1024x412.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Resource-center-800x322.png 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Resource-center.png 1554w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It goes through some background information on the BNC Adapter:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/reference\/learn\/instrumentation\/tutorials\/bnc-adapter\/start\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22296 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/background-600x289.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/background-600x289.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/background-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/background-1024x494.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/background-800x386.png 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/background.png 1537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Setting up an example circuit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/reference\/learn\/instrumentation\/tutorials\/bnc-adapter\/start\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22299 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/setup-600x274.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/setup-600x274.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/setup-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/setup-1024x468.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/setup-800x366.png 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/setup.png 1479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And looking at the results and adjusting for attenuation:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/reference\/learn\/instrumentation\/tutorials\/bnc-adapter\/start\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22298 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/results-600x291.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/results-600x291.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/results-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/results-1024x496.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/results-800x388.png 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/results.png 1445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can view the full tutorial <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/reference\/learn\/instrumentation\/tutorials\/bnc-adapter\/start\">here<\/a>. 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