{"id":28196,"date":"2021-04-20T11:40:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T18:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=28196"},"modified":"2021-04-20T13:34:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T20:34:02","slug":"using-a-test-instrument-with-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/using-a-test-instrument-with-raspberry-pi\/","title":{"rendered":"Using a Test Instrument with Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raspberry Pi 4 is Adafruit’s popular tiny desktop computer. At only $35<\/a>, it’s widely considered the standard in the Maker community. Our own Digital Discovery<\/a> is quite the value as well, with 32 digital channels in a similarly small form factor. One thing you might not know, however, is just how easy it is to get a digital testing environment up and running on your Raspberry Pi! There are several reasons you might want to do this. The Raspberry Pi is super-portable, but still has the means to connect to displays. If you’re working on a project using one, it’s very simple to just switch from the project and connect to a display, while using a free USB to connect to an Analog Discovery 2 or Digital Discovery and running WaveForms directly on the Raspberry Pi 4. This way, you can debug, troubleshoot, and test your project without any hassle!<\/p>\n

Here, let’s give you the rundown on how to get a test instrument going with a Raspberry Pi:<\/p>\n

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  1. Install WaveForms<\/a> on the Raspberry Pi<\/li>\n
  2. Connect your test and measurement device (in this case, the Digital Discovery) to one of the Raspberry Pi’s USB ports<\/li>\n
  3. Launch WaveForms<\/li>\n
  4. WaveForms will automatically recognize which device you have connected to it. However, if it doesn’t, you simply have to navigate to the Device Manager from the Setting menu<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Locating<\/p>\n

    That’s it! Pretty simple, huh? With the Digital Discovery connected, you’ll be able to interpret and produce digital signals on the go right on your mini-desktop.<\/p>\n

    For complete directions on setting up the Raspberry Pi and installing WaveForms, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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