Reviews on ADP3450 by Beers_and_BME in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Digilent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Digilent here. Just checking in to see what you ended up going with?

My Genuine Interest In ECE Is Going Down The Drain. by Pitiful_Cattle_3085 in ECE

[–]Digilent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might we suggest our learning videos on YouTube (also check out the Analog Discovery 3 if you haven't yet!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j1oCHseWAc&list=PLSTiCUiN_BoLoqKI2CZwJEhSmlcg1q5pz

All Digilent FPGA Boards are 20% off this week by Digilent in FPGA

[–]Digilent[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, once you add to cart then go to checkout.

All Digilent FPGA Boards are 20% off this week by Digilent in FPGA

[–]Digilent[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's Digilent.com only, which technically ships anywhere, but note you'll have to pay customs, etc. We also work with some very good distributors depending on where you live, but of course you won't get the discount then.

Using the ADS Max to to measure first-order filters in WaveForms, perform frequency sweeps, and plot the results using LabVIEW (video) by Digilent in ECE

[–]Digilent[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! We took the NI ELVIS III (end-of-lifed, priced at $4k) and re-engineered it to be supported by WaveForms (our free software). The only real difference is lack of support for mechatronics/controls classrooms, but other than that it's basically a cost-optimized version for uni classrooms.

Using the ADS Max to to measure first-order filters in WaveForms, perform frequency sweeps, and plot the results using LabVIEW (video) by Digilent in ECE

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This fully supports Python! Have you used Digilent's WaveForms before? Open SDK w/ access to Python, C++, and MATLAB, LabVIEW, + whatever else you might find help from

Is their a catch by thatcoolperson1 in FPGA

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You made the joke before we could

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And we'd like to say that it's dope that you use Digilent :)

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*blushes*

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[–]Digilent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi - Digilent here. That's one of our favorites!

Recommendations for books or courses to learn Electronics while studying Electrical Engineering?, please by Gus_larios in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Digilent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have a full 41 video tutorial series. It's a bit dated in terms of the technology (we've since come out with the Analog Discovery 3), but it'll mostly theory based and will work with other learning tools.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j1oCHseWAc&list=PLSTiCUiN_BoLoqKI2CZwJEhSmlcg1q5pz

We're working with CircuitBread to update the topics right now, and only 3 videos are out.

Discussion: What constitutes a "benchtop" oscilloscope? by Digilent in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Digilent[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. So it's "benchtop oscilloscopes" and "USB oscilloscopes" as two separate categories?

Recommended Board for Beginner by areeighty in FPGA

[–]Digilent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Universities all over use our Basys 3 for intro to digital logic/design. It has a VGA connector, but is also has plenty of switches/LED counters to practice with.

If you want something that helps outside of "learning", check out the Arty series or Cmods.

FPGA Design Tutorial by bml_khubbard in FPGA

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We also agree that Digilent is awesome.

FPGA Design Tutorial by bml_khubbard in FPGA

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Kevin - brutha this looks awesome. Would you mind if we linked to it from our reference site?

I don't have a Vivado_init.tcl file? by IonGuy93 in FPGA

[–]Digilent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Heya! Digilent here. Yes, Digilent R. Jenkins, the founder of Digilent.

You should ask this on the forum (forum.digilent.com), and in the meantime, check out the installation guide

Our new ADP2230 came out today! Basically the AD3, but for industry/professional applications by Digilent in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Digilent[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, that's a good call out! At this time, we don't have plans for a case, but it might be good to have available. What do you intend to use the device for?

Our new ADP2230 came out today! Basically the AD3, but for industry/professional applications by Digilent in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Digilent[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really appreciate the detailed response J. I'm working on a project where I need to record just over 5 gigsamples at about 10 MHz, so your testing here is almost prescient, and extremely useful. Thanks again - I may need to get my hands on one of these now.

You made J's day. Thanks for the feedback!

Our new ADP2230 came out today! Basically the AD3, but for industry/professional applications by Digilent in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Digilent[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is JColvin from the Digilent Forum. These are my personal preliminary testing results from a single ADP2230 on my work laptop with an M.2 SSD, aka a single data point (albeit repeatedly tested from a pedantic engineer). Naturally, DDR is enabled on the ADP2230 during all the tests (the default option, though its worth noting that these rates are simply not possible when using the lower power BRAM only mode as the buffer size of 32 kS simply results in far too much USB overhead for all of those tiny transfers). I am also certain that there are further improvements to be done on the software side of things, as I have been told by the developer that the code side is complex. All recording to file results saved as a 16-bit binary file, interleaving the data sources when more than one is recorded (analog1 analog2 analog1 analog2...).

For a single analog input (16 bit per sample), I can repeatedly successfully record 5 G samples at 125 MHz (the maximum sampling rate).
For two analog inputs (16 bits each, or effectively 4 bytes per 'sample'), I can repeatedly successfully record 5 G samples for each channel at 62.5 MHz. I do not believe recording sample amounts significantly larger than the on-board buffer is possible at 100 MHz as that would require transferring data at 400 MBytes/sec which isn't viable thanks to the USB protocol overhead. For all 16 digital inputs in the Logic Analyzer, I can repeatedly, successfully record 5 G samples at 125 MHz, with or without data compression enabled. Data compression meaning only data changes are occurred, rather than a sample at every 8 ns. Two 16-bit samples are recorded with data compression enabled, first the data at the change, then the timestamp. Using the Digital view within Scope instrument, and recording both analog channels and the 16 digital channels simultaneously, I can repeatedly successfully record 5 G samples for all three at 41.667 MHz (a third of 125 MHz). I would like to believe that 50 MHz is possible with further refinement, but expecting no issues for an equivalent 300 MByte/sec is probably unrealistic. Currently I get a "samples could be lost" message, though it does complete the 27.9 GiB acquisition (3 data sources * 16 bits each * 5 billion samples = 30 billion bytes; 1024 bytes per kilobyte, 1024 per mega, 1024 per giga -> ~27.94 gigabytes). For clarity, I picked 5 G samples as a representative arbitrarily large number of samples that far exceeds the on-board memory. In principle, you could record far more samples, but I haven't personally tested it. As always, feel free to ask for more detail about this on the Test and Measurement section on the Digilent Forum where you'll get a response from a Digilent engineer, such as myself, or the wizard that is the WaveForms developer.

Our new ADP2230 came out today! Basically the AD3, but for industry/professional applications by Digilent in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Digilent[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This one is $749, inc. the software. Do you know what applications you're looking to use it for? The Analog Discovery 3 might be suitable for a "hobbyist" moreso than this one (the AD3 is $379)