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Amazing Tool
Posted by Unknown on 28th Aug 2017
I am an Electrical Engineering student and can say hands down this is the most versatile and useful tool I own. If the Analog Discovery II had just the network analyzer it would still be worth the money. I am one of few students at my school that can test the frequency response of the circuits I create from home. The network analyzer is very useful when creating filter circuits, especially when the filters are tunable and I need to dial them in. Additionally, every time I implement circuits that communicate via SPI, I2C, or UART I have a known good tool to interface with the suspect circuits allowing me to more easily identify where errors may be occurring. Furthermore, because you can send and receive with common hardware protocols it is easy to quickly spin up a debug interface via UART. Additionally, the logic analyzer is great and has a programming interface so you can write a custom protocol analyzer when reverse engineering communications or decoding more obscure protocols. Lastly, it is small and USB powered so I just have it in my electronics tool bag and can analyses and inspect most things I run into without having to take a circuit to a well-equipped workbench. If you get the Analog Discovery II I would recommend also getting the expansion circuit that has the four BNC connectors so you can use probes with the oscope and function generator. Thank you so much for creating this tool and having a software interface that is so easy to work with.
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Great for a home setup.
Posted by Mark Bauer on 23rd Apr 2017
I teach electrical engineering. We are looking at using the Analog Discovery 2 for student use in several of the classes. I have been playing with this thing for several weeks and am very impressed with all it can do.
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Really Cool
Posted by Unknown on 29th Jan 2017
It's all the things stated above. In my lab courses I'm so used to everything being much bigger. Although these don't have the same capabilities as the bigger, clunkier, more expensive machines, these are really cool especially for a learner like me.
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Decent scope, waveform generator and logic analyzer in one.
Posted by M on 29th Dec 2016
This is a decent scope and logic analyzer, and the price is right.
What is good:
* You get a scope, logic analyzer, signal generator, low amp variable power supply. That is a lot, and the price is good.
* The software is pretty good, but takes a little clicking around to learn.
Some minor gripes:
* On the MAC, the FTDI driver from diligent is a "blocker", that sometimes interferes with the OSX one, so you have to reboot before you can use your other FTDI items. This cost me a day to try to get the Analog Discovery 2 to work.
* The scope or logic analyzer are not quite fast enough for 20 MHz signals, which is what my AVR chips run at. Frequencies of 5 MHz (may be 10 MHz) are OK.
* If you are not careful, there is cross talk on the inputs, so your scope signal is not so clean. With a bit of attention it gets better.
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Best USB oscilloscope I've seen
Posted by Kevin Karplus on 14th Dec 2016
I've played with the Analog Discovery 2 for a couple of days now, and it seems to be an excellent combination of a good-quality oscilloscope, dual function generator, and programmable dual power supply. The hardware is the best I've seen in a USB oscilloscope, with very clean signals and low-jitter triggering. The 14-bit 100Msample/sec resolution makes a huge difference.
The Waveforms 2015 software seems good, but I wish it had a written user's manual, as some of the functionality is a bit mysterious, and the API reference manual is no help in figuring out the GUI.
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Don't search anymore
Posted by Marc Tison on 16th Nov 2016
I am a second year electrical engineering student and got this item recommended by a friend while I was looking for an oscilloscope.
If you are reading this review and you too are looking for a oscilloscope, don't search anymore. This is the EE swiss knife you need.
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Absolutely incredible product
Posted by Chris on 8th Nov 2016
So I am a junior year electrical engineering student, so I'm not an industry veteran or anything like that. But I do enjoy building all kinds of projects and am passionate about circuits and design.
One of my instructors recommended the Analog Discovery for our lab assignments, and I opted not to buy one (trying to save money.) My lab partner had one, so we used his. On the first lab assignment, after seeing all the things it could do I decided to buy one.
When it arrived, in true nerd fashion I ripped into the packaging and hooked it up to some test circuits. Within an hour I was able to analyze MIDI logic data which I had never been able to do before, and I just cannot overstate how useful this thing is.
It has a great oscilloscope, a versatile function generator, DC supplies, logic analyzer and more. The only complaint I have about it is that the DC supplies and wave generator only go up to +5v/-5v, but since this thing is USB powered that is actually quite incredible in itseld because USB is 5v dc, and this thing can output double that in peak to peak voltage.
I would HIGHLY recommend this thing if you are a student or even a hobbyist. A good oscilloscope will run you about $400 or more, and this thing has a great oscilloscope plus so much more.
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Best update to my tech bench yet.
Posted by Andrew B. on 29th Oct 2016
"I wish it could ..." is not a thought that has occurred to me
while using the Discovery 2. It is producing answers for development work, as well as real measurements for real problems. I might need another one.
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Digilent Analog Discovery 2
Posted by Unknown on 29th Sep 2016
Such an amazing multi function lab in your pocket! No way you can beat the price for the function. Thank you Diligent!
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Awesome it works on Linux
Posted by Joseph Moschini on 3rd Sep 2016
Great hardware tool, I like software, how I can connect to windows machine one day and linux machine the next day.
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A Well Kept Secret...
Posted by Steve Coppens on 21st Aug 2016
I would have bought the AD2 a long time ago if I had known about it!
An excellent box of tricks that works very well, but it is the software that really shines (and on Mac too...). Faultless attention to detail - much appreciated tool!
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Hard to believe that you can get a whole test lab in such a small box
Posted by Robert at USC on 20th Jun 2016
This is an amazing value, and an essential tool for every electronics hobbyist and student. Even for seasoned electronics engineers, this would be a great addition to their toolbox. At low frequency (up to about 30 MHz), it basically gives you an entire suite of test equipment that fits in your backpack. It's hard to believe that this is being offered for at such low cost. My wishlist for Discovery 3 is being able to use multiple units at once to increase the number of channels, as well as current monitoring capability on the supply voltages. Other than that however, it's grand! Please check this product out. DISCLAIMER: I am in no way connected to Digilent, but I love this product!
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Amazing!
Posted by Bobby Goodson on 1st Jun 2016
This device is a fantastic tool. I am taking a cicuits class, and this has been an extremely helpful and versatile tool. the price of equipment to perform all the same functions would be enormous, having this available is a godsend.
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Excellent Device!
Posted by Unknown on 4th May 2016
Works great! Great for a student.
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Awesome Tinkerer's Tool!
Posted by Joel on 3rd May 2016
This simple product enables tinkerers to operate as if they can afford a real oscilloscope! Was up and running within ten minutes of unboxing it.
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Works great
Posted by John on 25th Apr 2016
No issues so far. The software is easy to use and quite flexible. I was able to compose the conditions I needed.
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it's a very complete product and the ship it's very quickly
Posted by Luis Adolfo Alvarez Peren on 22nd Apr 2016
i'm satificed
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Analog2 Discovery
Posted by Francois Corthay on 21st Apr 2016
There are several USB oscilloscopes around. This one has a great user interface. I wanted one with X-Y display and it fitted that need.
The small form factor and the supply through USB allows to use it in the field with a laptop.
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Analog Discovery Review
Posted by Jeffrey Wedekind on 20th Apr 2016
The Analog Discoveries (I have them both) are great tools. I have tested and used many USB based tools and found anything written in C# is simply junk (Qt /C++ was a great choice). My test is so simple, log a voltage over night and see if the software still runs in the morning. Most tools are dead after a few hours or the dreaded hour glass / lockup / reboot. I have run Waveforms for days / weeks and I've never seen a crash. The engineers that wrote Waveforms software are amazing and I write embedded software for a living. Primarily I use the Analog Discovery with a current sense circuit for monitoring Bluetooth Low Energy current profiles as a low cost DC Analyzer. The Logic Analyzer is great also but I tend to use the Saleae Logic since I'm so used to it. All-in-all it is a great tool for the price.
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Nice product!
Posted by Unknown on 28th Mar 2016
Really nice product but the shipping cost are quite expensive; buy from Europe make no sense. 45 Euro of shipping and then 54 euro of duty cost, in the end i payed more for the shipping than the product itself (student discount).
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Analog Discovery 2 Pro Bundle $299.99
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