Category : Test, Measurement & Instrumentation
Analog Discovery 3 (AD3)
The latest in the Discovery line, the AD3 offers enhanced performance and it is fourteen in one featured device. It's a USB-powered multifunction instrument that turns your PC into a complete test bench.
Analog Discovery 3 (AD3) Technical Specification
| Type | Portable mixed-signal test instrument |
| Software | WaveForms (Windows, macOS, Linux) |
| Analog Inputs | 2 channels, 14-bit, up to 125 MS/s, ±25 V range |
| Analog Outputs | 2 channels, 14-bit, ±5 V range, up to 125 MS/s |
| Digital I/O | 16 channels, up to 125 MS/s, 3.3 V logic (5 V tolerant inputs) |
| Bandwidth (Analog In) | ~30+ MHz with BNC Adapter |
| Power Supplies | Programmable ±0.5 V–±5 V, up to ~800 mA/channel with auxiliary supply |
| Connectivity | USB-C (data + power) |
| Applications | Oscilloscope, waveform generator, logic analyzer, data‐logger, impedance/network analyzer, prototyping |
Applications
- • Academic labs for circuit analysis and design
- • Embedded system debugging
- • Sensor signal testing and verification
- • Portable and low-cost measurement setups
Overview
The Digilent Analog Discovery 3, featuring Texas Instruments™ components, is a multi-function test and measurement device that allows users to measure, visualize, generate, record, and control mixed signal circuits of all kinds. The low-cost Analog Discovery 3 is small enough to fit in your pocket, but powerful enough to replace a stack of lab equipment, providing engineering students, hobbyists, and electronics enthusiasts the freedom to work with analog and digital circuits in virtually any environment, in or out of the lab. Building off of Digilent's Analog Discovery product line, including the wildly popular Analog Discovery 2, the AD3 features a higher sample rate and bandwidth, USB C connectivity, and larger sample buffers, while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing projects and coursework.