Maker and developer Alperen Akküncü has created a custom PCB. raspberry pi Pico to Data Acquisition (DAQ) tool known as Plain DAQ.
This project has been in the works for some time, but was recently updated this week to include tools and features that enable troubleshooting and monitoring of potential issues and performance data in microelectronics projects.
We reached out to Akküncü to learn more about what we’re looking at with the new PlainDAQ PCB.
“PlainDAQ is a module that turns a Raspberry into a simple, precision 4-channel oscilloscope and single-channel function generator,” Akküncü said in a message. tom’s hardwareThis edition also adds optional Wi-Fi, but Akküncü plans to remove this feature as the newly released Pico W adds wireless capabilities to the Pico. The intention behind its network support is to allow remote access and logging so that the user does not need to physically access and interact with his PlainDAQ.
PlainDAQ has a 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that produces waveforms with less noise than many internal ADCs found in other microcontrollers. This allows you to visualize the recorded data in real time.
In addition to the PlainDAQ PCB, Akküncü created two separate PCBs to act as lowpass and highpass filters. These filters draw power from the PlainDAQ PCB. Akküncü also developed her GUI for the system that allows users to view waveforms, select waveform types, and analyze them.
Since the system is open source, users can modify PlainDAQ via Python as needed. Akküncü hopes this project will help users and students understand more complex problems found in microelectronics projects.
If you want to take a closer look at this Raspberry Pi project, check out the official. GitHub similarly cloud supply For more information, please visit the project page. This project is still in progress, so follow Alperen Akküncü for future updates.
