Applying voltage using the Analog Discovery's Voltage instrument to a diode to produce light.
Utilize the Analog Discovery's Voltmeter instrument to measure voltage in a circuit.
Using the Analog Discovery's arbitrary waveform generator to apply a time-varying signal to an LED to make it flash on and off. This project builds off of the previous Analog Discovery material.
Use the arbitrary waveform generator on the Analog Discovery to apply sinusoidal and swept sinusoidal voltages to a speaker.
Use the arbitrary waveform generator on the Analog Discovery to create frequency modulated signals and apply them to a speaker. This project builds off of the previous Analog Discovery material.
Use the Analog Discovery to play back .wav files through the speaker included in the analog parts kit. This project builds off of material presented in previous Analog Discovery projects.
Use the Analog Discovery's ability to import "custom" waveforms from a file.
Use the Analog Discovery's ability to create "custom" waveforms according to a mathematical function.
Introduces the Analog Discovery's Oscilloscope instrument. Explains the basics of the ways in which voltages are acquired and displayed by the oscilloscope.
The Arbitrary waveform generator instrument will be used to apply relatively rapidly varying wave forms to the oscilloscope, and then triggering of the waveform will be used to make the waveform easier to view and analyze.
How to use some of the most basic and common oscilloscope tools to simplify the measurement process.
Introduces the use of the math channel function on the Analog Discovery. This function allows the user to perform a wide variety of mathematical operations, all of which can be applied to the voltages being measured.
Use the Analog Discovery to plot the voltage-current characteristics of a light emitting diode.
Acquiring vibration data from the piezoelectric sensor from the analog parts kit.
Oscilloscope will only measure voltages as a function of time. However, we are often interested in something other than simply voltages in a circuit; we would often like to have a representation of current. Most oscilloscopes provide one or more math channels which provide the ability to calculate and plot simple mathematical functions of the measured voltages. Adding or subtracting voltages measured on two channels, for example, are common math functions which are available on most oscilloscopes.
In this project, we will introduce the use of the math channel function on the Analog Discovery™. The Analog Discovery's math channels provide the ability to perform a wide variety of mathematical operations, all of which can be applied to the voltages being measured. We will use a math channel and Ohm's law to determine the current in a resistor.
We want to find the current I through the 100Ω resistor in the schematic shown to the right.
The channel 2 terminals (2+, 2-) are used to measure the voltage difference across the resistor terminals.
By Ohm's law, the current through the resistor is the resistor voltage difference divided by the resistance:
A Custom Math Function window will open. This window provides buttons with a number of math functions, and a text box where a mathematical function can be typed.
The Custom Math Function window will close, and a red line will appear on the main oscilloscope window.
The default scaling on the math channel will very likely be poor and the displayed units will be incorrect. First, change the units of the math channel, as shown below:
Change the scale on the math channel to 10 mA/div. The math channel should now almost exactly overlap the Channel 2 signal. Does this result agree with your expectations, based on the math function of step A?