Analog Discovery 2: 100MS/s USB Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer and Variable Power Supply

Very nice 2-channel scope and waveform generator. Very nice software and fast data transfer compared to any of my Rigols. No messy difficulties setting it up, even on Linux! Two features I miss: 1. Real-time lock-in amplifier, i.e., the ability to stream continuous demodulated data. This requires the demodulation and filtering to happen on the FPGA, though, so perhaps it's difficult to implement with this hardware. 2. Clock ins and outs. If we could sync multiple AD2's, it would be SUPER powerful. Still, can't go wrong for a few hundred bucks!!

I used this last year as a rental for school and it was always pretty straight forward and simple to use. Great for doing stuff at home. I bought one this year for myself and it works great so far. I haven’t tried to do anything to fancy yet and I know it has limitations, but it works for what I need it to do.

Can be somewhat confusing to use sometimes, but gets the job done for a multitude of tasks very nicely.

Our university recently designed home-based labs for two online electrical engineering courses incorporating the Analog Discovery 2 in the lab kits to be provided to the students. Experience with the AD2 throughout the development of the labs has been great. We did not use all of the features, however, what we did use worked out perfectly for the purposes of the courses (+/- 5 volt power supply, oscilloscope, waveform generator, and logic analyzer). Because of the availability of the AD2 we are now able to offer a select number of courses with labs online at our university. This is a wonderful instrument for a student, or hobbyist.

I recently purchased an Analog Discovery2, as well as the Analog Parts Kit, and have been blazing my way through the Real Analog lessons found on this site (https://learn.digilentinc.com/classroom/realanalog/). Fun! The course is really outstanding, especially the included video lectures. Thank you Digilent! The Analog Discovery2 seems well made, and so far, works as intended, but admittedly, I have not yet tried all the features. Installing the Waveform software on my mac was simple.

The hardware is ideal, good number of channels and configuration options. The software is so/so, it's not very intuitive and navigation around the wave forms is very tricky. Trying to isolate specific parts of the wave form can be a trying experience. Albeit, I run on a mac and I think the software is mainly focused towards Windows users, so the navigation might be smoother on that platform.

This system works great with the out-of-the-box Waveforms software and offers a powerful SDK for customization. However, the learning curve on the development environment is very steep and the documentation at times does not include all the necessary details. I have had to ask a substantial number of 'dumb' questions on the forum to get started, and continued to do so throughout the process of developing my custom applications -- and responses to those questions are not always timely or particularly helpful. I am ultimately able to get the system to do exactly what I need it to every time, but it can be a h*** of an uphill battle.

"the Analog Discovery 2, a unit that has a long history of development, it really shows what a mature product can do. I found little that couldn't be done with this device that any technician would need in a very portable device. The Waveforms software is fully utilized to it's extent and I could find very little to improve on." Full Review here: https://www.element14.com/community/roadTestReviews/3069/l/analog-discovery-2-labview-home-bundle-review

The hardware and software are both great, and if there is a corner case feature that is needed they are often able to update the software to support it in a few months. Great product and great company!