List of Analog Devices Tutorials
- Introduction
- Walt Kester Series
- Opamp Series
- In-Amp Series
- Other stuff…
- Filter Series
- Various Other Educational Material
Introduction
While googling about various signal processing topics, a number of tutorials on the Analog Devices website, written by Walt Kester, came up high in the search results. They were excellent, and usually answered my questions.
This made me check what other tutorials there were on their website.
Turns out: the Analog Devices has tons of tutorials, but there’s no easy to use index, and their website search function is a bit of a disaster, as is usually the case for pretty much any corporate website out there…
So to make sure I didn’t miss any of their education content, I spent a good hour incrementing the number of their URLs to compile a list of all the tutorials on the Analog Devices website.
Enjoy!
Update
Well, I was wrong: some (most? all?) of these tutorials are actually listed on Analog Device’s website, grouped logically together!
So check out the 3 links below first!
Update 2
Robin Getz from Analog Devices pointed me to a list on their wiki page: University Program only teaching materials.
Walt Kester Series
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See also MT-229.
- MT-002 - What the Nyquist Criterion Means to Your Sampled Data System Design
- MT-003 - Understand SINAD, ENOB, SNR, THD, THD + N, and SFDR so You Don’t Get Lost in the Noise Floor
- MT-004 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Aspects of ADC Input Noise — Is No Noise Good Noise?
- MT-005 - Noise Power Ratio (NPR) — A 65-Year Old Telephone System Specification Finds New Life in Modern Wireless Applications
- MT-006 - ADC Noise Figure — An Often Misunderstood and Misinterpreted Specification
- MT-007 - Aperture Time, Aperture Jitter, Aperture Delay Time — Removing the Confusion
- MT-008 - Converting Oscillator Phase Noise to Time Jitter
- MT-009 - Data Converter Codes — Can You Decode Them?
- MT-010 - The Importance of Data Converter Static Specifications — Don’t Lose Sight of the Basics!
- MT-011 - Find Those Elusive ADC Sparkle Codes and Metastable States
- MT-012 - Intermodulation Distortion Considerations for ADCs
- MT-013 - Evaluating High Speed DAC Performance
- MT-014 - Basic DAC Architectures I: String DACs and Thermometer (Fully Decoded) DACs
- MT-015 - Basic DAC Architectures II: Binary DACs
- MT-016 - Basic DAC Architectures III: Segmented DACs
- MT-017 - Oversampling Interpolating DACs
- MT-018 - Intentionally Nonlinear DACs
- MT-019 - DAC Interface Fundamentals
- MT-020 - ADC Architectures I: The Flash Converter
- MT-021 - ADC Architectures II: Successive Approximation ADCs
- MT-022 - ADC Architectures III: Sigma-Delta ADC Basics
- MT-023 - ADC Architectures IV: Sigma-Delta ADC Advanced Concepts and Applications
- MT-024 - ADC Architectures V: Pipelined Subranging ADCs
- MT-025 - ADC Architectures VI: Folding ADCs
- MT-026 - ADC Architectures VII: Counting ADCs
- MT-027 - ADC Architectures VIII: Integrating ADCs
- MT-028 - Voltage-to-Frequency Converters
- MT-029 - Optical Encoders
- MT-030 - Resolver-to-Digital Converters
- MT-031 - Grounding Data Converters and Solving the Mystery of “AGND” and “DGND”
Opamp Series
- MT-032 - Ideal Voltage Feedback (VFB) Op Amp
- MT-033 - Voltage Feedback Op Amp Gain and Bandwidth
- MT-034 - Current Feedback (CFB) Op Amps
- MT-035 - Op Amp Inputs, Outputs, Single-Supply, and Rail-to-Rail Issues
- MT-036 - Op Amp Output Phase-Reversal and Input Over-Voltage Protection
- MT-037 - Op Amp Input Offset Voltage
- MT-038 - Op Amp Input Bias Current
- MT-039 - Op Amp Total Output Offset Voltage Calculations
- MT-040 - Op Amp Input Impedance
- MT-041 - Op Amp Input and Output Common-Mode and Differential Voltage Range
- MT-042 - Op Amp Common-Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR)
- MT-043 - Op Amp Power Supply Rejection Ratio (PSRR) and Supply Voltages
- MT-044 - Op Amp Open-Loop Gain and Open- Loop Gain Nonlinearity
- MT-045 - Op Amp Bandwidth and Bandwidth Flatness
- MT-046 - Op Amp Settling Time
- MT-047 - Op Amp Noise
- MT-048 - Op Amp Noise Relationships: 1/f Noise, RMS Noise, and Equivalent Noise Bandwidth
- MT-049 - Op Amp Total Output Noise Calculations for Single-Pole System
- MT-050 - Op Amp Total Output Noise Calculations for Second-Order System
- MT-051 - Current Feedback Op Amp Noise Considerations
- MT-052 - Op Amp Noise Figure: Don’t Be Mislead
- MT-053 - Op Amp Distortion: HD, THD, THD + N, IMD, SFDR, MTPR
- MT-054 - Precision Op Amps
- MT-055 - Chopper Stabilized (Auto-Zero) Precision Op Amps
- MT-056 - High Speed Voltage Feedback Op Amps
- MT-057 - High Speed Current Feedback Op Amps
- MT-058 - Effects of Feedback Capacitance on VFB and CFB Op Amps
- MT-059 - Compensating for the Effects of Input Capacitance on VFB and CFB Op Amps Used in Current-to-Voltage Converters
- MT-060 - Choosing Between Voltage Feedback (VFB) and Current Feedback (CFB) Op Amps
In-Amp Series
- MT-061 - Instrumentation Amplifier (In-Amp) Basics
- MT-062 - Basic Two Op Amp In-Amp Configuration
- MT-063 - Basic Three Op Amp In-Amp Configuration
- MT-064 - In-Amp DC Error Sources
- MT-065 - In-Amp Noise
- MT-066 - In-Amp Bridge Circuit Error Budget Analysis
- MT-067 - Auto-Zero In Amps
- MT-068 - Difference and Current Sense Amplifiers
- MT-069 - In-Amp Input Overvoltage Protection
- MT-070 - In-Amp Input RFI Protection
Other stuff…
- MT-071 - Analog Isolation Amplifiers
- MT-072 - Precision Variable Gain Amplifiers (VGAs)
- MT-073 - High Speed Variable Gain Amplifiers (VGAs)
- MT-074 - Differential Drivers for Precision ADCs
- MT-075 - Differential Drivers for High Speed ADCs Overview
- MT-076 - Differential Driver Analysis
- MT-077 - Log Amp Basics
- MT-079 - Analog Multipliers
- MT-080 - Mixers and Modulators
- MT-081 - RMS-to-DC Converters
- MT-082 - RF RMS Power Detectors (TruPwrTM)
- MT-083 - Comparators
- MT-084 - Using Op Amps As Comparators
- MT-085 - Fundamentals of Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS)
- MT-086 - Fundamentals of Phase Locked Loops (PLLs)
- MT-087 - Voltage References
- MT-088 - Analog Switches and Multiplexers Basics
- MT-089 - Video Multiplexers and Crosspoint Switches
- MT-090 - Sample-and-Hold Amplifiers
- MT-092 - Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
- MT-094 - Microstrip and Stripline Design
- MT-095 - EMI, RFI, and Shielding Concepts
- MT-096 - RFI Rectification Concepts
- MT-097 - Dealing with High-Speed Logic
- MT-098 - Low Voltage Logic Interfacing
- MT-100 - Breadboarding and Prototyping Techniques
- MT-200 - Minimizing Jitter in ADC Clock Interfaces
- MT-201 - Interfacing FPGAs to an ADC Converter’s Digital Data Output
Filter Series
- MT-202 - Allpass Filters
- MT-203 - Bainter Notch Filters
- MT-204 - The Bessel Response
- MT-205 - Biquadratic (Biquad) Filters
- MT-206 - The Chebyshev Response
- MT-207 - Amplifier Classes
- MT-208 - Digitally Programmed State Variable Filter
- MT-209 - Dual Amplifier Band-Pass (DABP) Filter
- MT-210 - F0 and Q in Filters
- MT-211 - Full Wave Rectifier
- MT-212 - Half Wave Rectifier
- MT-213 - Inverting Amplifier
- MT-214 - Inverting Summing Amplifier
- MT-215 - Low-Pass to Band-Pass Filter Transformation
- MT-216 - Low-Pass to Band-Reject (Notch) Filter Transformation
- MT-217 - Low-Pass to High-Pass Filter Transformation
- MT-218 - Multiple Feedback Band-Pass Design Example
- MT-220 - Multiple Feedback Filters
- MT-222 - Sallen-Key Filters
- MT-223 - State Variable Filters
- MT-224 - The Butterworth Response
- MT-226 - An Engineering Manager’s First Experience with Multisim
- MT-227 - Operating a Typical High Speed ADC Evaluation Board Setup
- MT-228 - High Speed ADC Analog Input Interface Considerations
- MT-229 - Quantization Noise: An Expanded Derivation of the Equation, SNR = 6.02 N + 1.76 dB
- MT-230 - Noise Considerations in High Speed Converter Signal Chains
Various Other Educational Material
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ADALM2000 Based Lab Activity Material, Electronics I and II
Basic lab exercises. It uses the ADALM2000 module, but other basic instruments can be used just as well.