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main differences between Electronic Explorer and Analog Discovery

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Q: what are the main differences between Electronic Explorer and Analog Discovery?

Main differences

* AD is USB powered while EE has its own external source, thus EE requires more power
* AD has 2 differential scope channels, while EE has 4 single ended channels
* EE has 2 programmable power supplies (one fixed), while AD has only 2 fixed (one positive and one negative) power supplies
* AD has 16 digital channels while EE has 32 digital channels
* EE has a prototyping board (breadboard), while the AD has noneA more comprehensive comparison can be performed by referring to the following descriptions:

* EE: http://digilentinc.com/data/Products/EEBOARD/Digilent-EEboard-np-07.pdf (page 2)
* AD: http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,842,1018&Prod=ANALOG-DISCOVERY (left column)
Main common features

* The software is common, Waveforms, which evolved just to keep pace with the two devices and with the enhancements in the hardware mentioned above.
* Reference manual: There is no such thing as a reference manual. The only documentation is the help of the Waveforms application and it can be obtained by downloading the latest version of Waveforms from
 http://digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,842,1094&Prod=WAVEFORMS
You can download the application for free and run it even without having a board (demo mode).

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