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In the last few years, the cost of being a student has only increased, especially for engineering majors. It is getting more and more expensive to obtain a technical education. In addition to student costs rising, so is the industry demand for hands-on experience. This places professors and students in a tough situation- one where studies have proven that hands-on experience in labs and with hardware is invaluable, yet it also places a burden on the student to either spend extra time in the designated (and often packed) labs, or obtain conventionally expensive equipment for home use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Digilent, we are working to combat this dilemma by producing affordable yet powerful home-use equipment,<\/a> and by making our educational materials as affordable and accessible as possible. One example is our Real Analog<\/a> course which has always been available on our wiki <\/a>for free. However, it was brought to our attention that the lack of a hard copy textbook was limiting the material from being used in classrooms and by students alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Analog Discovery 2 in home use.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So we created the Real Analog textbook<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In alignment with our goal of making education as affordable and accessible as possible, we are selling the book on Amazon<\/a> for only 50 cents more than it costs to print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if a physical textbook is of interest to you for your learning or classroom, make sure to head over to Amazon and pick up your hard copy today!<\/p>\n

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