{"id":25613,"date":"2019-01-15T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T21:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=25613"},"modified":"2025-08-07T04:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:10:09","slug":"which-cables-do-i-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/which-cables-do-i-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Cable(s) Do I Need?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With all the cables and other accessories for Digilent hardware, it can be a little confusing to know what to use and when to use it. Today we will try to make this a little more clear!<\/p>\n

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Here are your connection options for the Analog Discovery 2:<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. You can use the flywires to connect to a breadboard gender changers,<\/a> or you can use the mini-grabbers<\/a>\u00a0to grab onto components. This makes it simple and easy to connect to a breadboard. However, this approach is more prone to noise, and has lower bandwidth.<\/li>\n
  2. You can also use the BNC Adapter<\/a> and BNC Oscilloscope probes<\/a> on the Oscilloscope channels, and the new BNC to Alligator clip probes<\/a> on the Waveform Generator Channels. This approach is going to be less prone to noise and have higher bandwidth with more secure connections.<\/li>\n
  3. You can even use the Breadboard Breakout<\/a> or Breadboard Adapter<\/a> to connect directly to a breadboard. This way, you don’t have to fumble with cables or flywires, but keep in mind, breadboards are inherently noisy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For the Digital Discovery:<\/a><\/p>\n

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    1. You can use the flywires.<\/a> These are easy to use and a great choice for work involving sub 200MS\/s. However, they may cause noise above 200MS\/s depending on the signal.<\/li>\n
    2. You can use the High Speed Adapter<\/a> and Logic Probes.<\/a>\u00a0Taking this route reduces noise in sample rates up to 800MS\/s, but it can be cumbersome to connect all the grounds.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      For the OpenScope MZ:<\/a><\/p>\n

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      1. You can use the flywires<\/a>\u00a0to connect to breadboard gender changers<\/a>, or the mini-grabbers<\/a>\u00a0to grab onto components. This makes the setup simple and easy to connect to a breadboard, but keep in mind it may be prone to noise and lower bandwidth.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        We do some cable clarification for your Digilent device!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":25617,"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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4322,1563],"tags":[111],"ppma_author":[4485],"class_list":["post-25613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accessories","category-guide","tag-analog-discovery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/OpenScope-Flywires-InUse-600__40198.1520446288.1280.1280.png","authors":[{"term_id":4485,"user_id":36,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mirandamay7","display_name":"Miranda Hansen","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcab037c32924b9f9b3ca4898e179f2764cb7d9a82aa2bd475170c8aaa884e1c?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\/25613","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\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31935,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25613\/revisions\/31935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25613"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=25613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}