The World Leader in High Performance Signal Processing Solutions

Analog Discovery
Portable Analog Circuit
Design Kit
Samuel H. Fuller, CTO
Analog Devices Inc

Analog Devices Inc.

Analog

Devices, Inc.

High

performance & high precision ICs for signal processing

Products: Data Converter, RF, DSP, MEMs, and linear ICs
$2.7B in annual sales, #1 Converter manufacture in the world
Analog

Devices University Program

Enable active, hands on learning by students anytime/anywhere:

Build design intuition to complement theory

Why we are doing this:

excite

students about the electronic design

Better prepare students for careers with our customers
Introduce students to ADIs High performance & high precision
ICs for signal processing

Analog Discovery Lab

Personal scope, signal generator, logic
analyzer, power source

Analog Discovery

Software Interface Digilent Waveforms

Analog Discovery

Software Interface MATLAB Student Edition

Analog Discovery
Parts Kit

includes more than 200

components (resistors,
inductors, capacitors,
LEDs, diodes,
potentiometers,
transistors, etc.)

more than 20 ICs from

Analog Devices

Enough to do all
experiments in a Circuits
I/II class

Essential Collateral:

Videos, lecture notes, design projects

Online

texts and tutorials

Hundreds

of exercises (homework problems)

Approximately 30 design projects suitable for university-level
courses
Complete video lecture series, plus other targeted videos in
support of design projects and special topics
Complete Microsoft PowerPoint lecture notes to accompany text
materials
Able to be customized for your school

Portable Analog Circuit Design Kit

Independent
Active

Less

Learning

hands on learning. Anytime, anywhere.

Dependence on Limited University Resources

Lab

equipment : oscilloscopes, function generator, arbitrary

waveform generators, power supplies, logic analyzers, pattern
generators, spectrum analyzers, bus analyzers
Limited and/or incomplete parts & kits
Works

with standard curriculum

Integrates

practical experience with analytic skills

MATLAB integration allows students to acquire signals from
experiments, enabling them to improve their MATLAB skills and
deepen their understanding of the circuits they are designing and
characterizing.
Affordable
$99.
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No more than the price of an engineering textbook.

Growing Ecosystem
Design

Resources for Students

open-source

technical support documentation, exercises, lab

projects, and instructional videos

Expansive

Support Library

Online

library of information including text books

YouTube lectures
over 181 electrical engineering online labs/tutorials for MATLAB
Expands
Skills

and grows with Student

learnedanalog design, analog troubleshooting,

instrumentation, programming, building algorithms, analyzing
signals, schematic use,
and (future) PCB design will be used in the students upper
level classes and throughout the rest of their career.

ADI University Program

Early Adopters and Program Participants

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Learning Styles and Instruction

Many

students are challenged to develop robust

understanding when presented with only abstract concepts
and theories.
Many

types of learning: Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic or 'hands-on

Few students rely on only one type of learning
Need to match instructional techniques with learning styles
Lectures Auditory, Visual representation of audio, Visual
Reading notes/textbook Visual representation of audio and Visual
Analytic problem solving Visual
Simulations Visual
Experiments Kinesthetic, Visual, and Auditory

Retention of Material
10 percent of what students read
26 percent of what students hear
30 percent of what students see
50 percent of what students see and hear
70 percent of what students say
90 percent of what students say as they do something
Stice, J.E., Using KoIbs Learning Cycle to Improve Student Learning, Engineering
Education, vol. 77, no. 5, Feb. 1987, pp. 291-296.

I feel like I understood how circuits worked immediately after assembling

a lab in this lab-in-a-box. During my other lecture class it took me a few
days to grasp the idea of parallels and series working together, along with
resistors. Once I did these labs, it just made sense as I assembled and
observed it. sophomore CpE student
I never knew what gain was until I connected a speaker to the inverting
amplifier senior EE student

Square Wave Generator

Can be used as voltage source
in a number of experiments

Concepts:

Voltage

division
Charging characteristics
of RC circuit
Ideal op amp

Voltage comparator

Nonideal

op amp

Output voltage is limited by the

power supplies
Maximum current output
Input resistance
Slew rate
Max. frequency of operation

Pspice Simulations
As

drawn

With

initial condition

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Data Import into MATLAB

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Create in MATLAB and Export to Analog

Discovery Function Generator

Stimulating Student Designs

50%

of the experiments in the first circuits lab course and all

of the experiments in the second circuits lab course contain
elements of design.

Last

experiment in both courses is a two-week long design

Students

may substitute the design with one of their own

ANDY

Board Design Competition Held annually by the

student chapter of Eta Kappa Nu in April
Individual

and teams of undergraduates are allowed to enter

2 8 groups have participated during the past three years
All have incorporate light and/or sound in their designs

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