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 +====== Getting Started with the Breadboard Breakout for Analog Discovery ======
 +
 +This guide will walk through the process of setting up a simple circuit, applying a waveform to it, and reading the results using the Analog Discovery and Breadboard Breakout.
 +
 +===== Prerequisites =====
 +
 +=== Hardware ===
 +  * **An Analog Discovery 3 or Analog Discovery 2**
 +    * //Note that the guide below was written for the AD2, however, there is no functional difference when following the same steps with an AD3.//
 +  * **A Breadboard Breakout for Analog Discovery**
 +    * //This can be purchased from its **[[https://digilent.com/shop/breadboard-breakout-for-analog-discovery/|Digilent Store Page]]**.//
 +  * **A breadboard and circuit to test**
 +    * //The circuit constructed in this guide requires three identical resistors and several jumper wires.//
 +
 +=== Software ===
 +  * **Digilent Waveforms**
 +    * //Follow the **[[/learn/instrumentation/tutorials/analog-discovery-2-getting-started|Getting Started with Analog Discovery]]** to install Waveforms.//
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== Guide =====
 +
 +==== Set up a Circuit ====
 +
 +<WRAP group>
 +<WRAP column half>
 +=== 1. ===
 +The image to the right is a diagram of the circuit that will be connected to the Analog Discovery 2 through the Breadboard Breakout. Three 10Ω resistors are used to create a Voltage divider circuit, which will have a waveform applied from the **W1** pin of the Analog Discovery 2. The circuit will be grounded to the Analog Discovery 2, and will be probed at the two intermediate nodes using the **1+** and **2+** pins. The The **1-** and **2-** pins should be grounded to get accurate readings on Analog Channels 1 and 2.
 +</WRAP>
 +<WRAP column half>
 +{{reference:test-and-measurement:analog-discovery-2-breadboard-breakout:gsg:circuit-diagram.png?nolink&300|}}
 +</WRAP>
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +----
 +
 +<WRAP group>
 +<WRAP column half>
 +=== 2. ===
 +Connect the Breadboard Breakout to the breadboard and construct the circuit. This image shows one way of creating this circuit on a breadboard.
 +</WRAP>
 +<WRAP column half>
 +{{reference:test-and-measurement:analog-discovery-2-breadboard-breakout:gsg:breakout.png?nolink&500|}}
 +</WRAP>
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +----
 +
 +<WRAP group>
 +<WRAP column half>
 +=== 3. ===
 +Connect the Analog Discovery 2 to the Breadboard Breakout as in the image to the right.
 +</WRAP>
 +<WRAP column half>
 +{{reference:test-and-measurement:analog-discovery-2-breadboard-breakout:gsg:discovery.png?nolink&500|}}
 +</WRAP>
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +----
 +
 +==== Use Waveforms to Probe the Circuit ====
 +
 +<WRAP group>
 +<WRAP column half>
 +=== 4. ===
 +
 +Plug the Analog Discovery 2 into a computer with a microUSB cable and launch Waveforms. Open the **Wavegen** tab and create a //Sine// wave at //1kHz// frequency and //1V// amplitude on //Channel 1//. Click **Run** to apply this waveform to the Analog Discovery 2's **W1** pin.
 +</WRAP>
 +<WRAP column half>
 +{{reference:test-and-measurement:analog-discovery-2-breadboard-breakout:gsg:wavegen.png?nolink&500|}}
 +</WRAP>
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +----
 +
 +<WRAP group>
 +<WRAP column half>
 +=== 5. ===
 +
 +Open the **Scope** tab. Since both channels of the Analog Discovery 2 scope are already connected to the circuit, enable both channels with an Offset of //0 V// and a Range of //200 mV/div//. Click **Run** to begin displaying the waveforms seen at the two intermediate nodes of the voltage divider circuit. As seen in the image to the right, Channel 1 will see a 1kHz Sine wave with an amplitude of 0.67V, while Channel 2 will see a 1kHz Sine wave with an amplitude of 0.33V.
 +</WRAP>
 +<WRAP column half>
 +{{reference:test-and-measurement:analog-discovery-2-breadboard-breakout:gsg:channels.png?nolink&500|}}
 +</WRAP>
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== In Conclusion =====
 +
 +The Breadboard Breakout for Analog Discovery 2 makes an already-powerful tool that much more easy to use.  Play around with it, and see what you can do! Let us know what you think on the [[http://forum.digilent.com/|Digilent Forum]].
 +
 +----
 +
 +{{tag>analog-discovery-2-breadboard-breakout tutorial}}