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Alternative to Benchtop Equipment

Standalone benchtop test equipment has typically been the mainstay for the engineering test lab. Often, test benches are crowded with cables and box-shaped equipment fitted with a display and knobs. The traditional oscilloscope initially granted real-time signal analysis in the time domain, then later solid-state technology allowed for triggering and stable representations of waveforms for analysis. This quickly shifted to a fully digital microprocessor-based oscilloscope that leveraged analog-to-digital conversion. This paradigm shift in test equipment lowered the barriers for the design and development of electronic devices. Now, USB-based test equipment like Digilent‘s “ADP3450” or “ADP5250” often function on par (or better) than their standalone benchtop counterparts while being run on desktop computers and laptops. “WaveForms”, Digilent‘s free software, also includes capability that replaces costly benchtop oscilloscope add-ons with multi-instrument flexibility right on the device.