Analog Devices and MathWorks Collaborate to Offer Engineering Students Portable, Hands-On, Low-Cost Learning Platform

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI: NASDAQ) today announced the availability of a low-cost hardware-software solution focusing on circuit testing designed for the engineering education market. This offering combines MATLAB software and Analog Devices’ Digilent Analog Discovery Design kits, enabling students to experiment quickly and easily with advanced technologies and build, test and analyze real-world, functional analog design circuits anytime – anywhere – for the price of a textbook. The Analog Discovery Design Kit costs $99 USD. Students can access MATLAB by purchasing a MATLAB Student Version license or through a site license that may be available from their university. Watch the ADI University Program video: http://videos.analog.com/video/1875694804001/Analog-Devices-University-Program/

• More about ADI’s University Program: http://www.analog.com/en/university/topic.html
• Learn about MATLAB Student Version: http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_version/
• Order the Analog Devices’ Digilent Analog Design Kit: http://www.digilentinc.com/analogdiscovery

“The combination of MATLAB and the Analog Devices’ Digilent design kits provides a very flexible, powerful learning solution,” said Kathleen Meehan, Associate Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech. “I don’t need to maintain a traditional large lab for my engineering students. Instead, students complete experiments after class, where and when they want with the analog design kit and analyze the data and write lab reports with MATLAB.”

MATLAB and ADI Analog Discovery Integration

MATLAB and the Data Acquisition Toolbox Support Package for Analog Discovery hardware allow students to acquire signals directly from the Analog Discovery as well as filter and analyze data. This integration allows students to develop a deeper understanding of the circuits they are building and reinforces MATLAB skills they are already learning in other classes. Each Analog Discovery is the size of a deck of cards, portable and features two oscilloscopes, two waveform generators, two power supplies and a logic analyzer. The Analog Discovery is manufactured by Digilent, Inc., and powered by Analog Devices components.

About MathWorks

MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software. MATLAB, the language of technical computing, is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation. Simulink is a graphical environment for simulation and Model-Based Design for multidomain dynamic and embedded systems. Engineers and scientists worldwide rely on these product families to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and development in automotive, aerospace, electronics, financial services, biotech-pharmaceutical, and other industries. MathWorks products are also fundamental teaching and research tools in the world's universities and learning institutions. Founded in 1984, MathWorks employs more than 2800 people in 15 countries, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. For additional information, visit www.mathworks.com.

MATLAB and Simulink are registered trademarks of The MathWorks, Inc. See www.mathworks.com/trademarks for a list of additional trademarks. Other product or brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

About Analog Devices

Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating over 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' is included in the S&P 500 Index.

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