Article Analog Devices EngineerZone Code of Conduct

Find answers to your Analog Devices technical support questions

Welcome to the Analog Devices (ADI) EngineerZoneRegistered support community. We appreciate your participation. EngineerZone is designed to provide a quick and easy way for users of select Analog Devices products to help each other with technical questions. Search existing questions to see if someone has posted your same inquiry. Found a similar question? Terrific, just click to view. No similar result? Use the home page keyword search to locate where you should post your new question.

Now that your question is out there for all to see we hope a fellow member will offer a solution. Some forums may include links to a documentation wiki. The same code of conduct applies for documentation wiki’s, allowing collaboration and feedback. The forums are also monitored by ADI technical support engineers, who may provide answers to community member’s questions. ADI members strive to respond to your questions within three business days although sometimes a resolution to your question may take a bit longer. As a condition of your participation, you agree to abide by this Code of Conduct and the Community User Forums Terms of Use

Post relevant content

For the benefit of the EngineerZone community, please keep your posts on topic. Please do not discuss personal matters, disparage other companies or products or post information that does not relate to resolving issues with Analog Devices products.

Be inclusive

Words Matter at Analog Devices. We are encouraging EngineerZone members to choose an alternate word(s) for terms deemed insensitive or offensive. Please read ADI: Words Matter and consider using one of the alternate terms in your post. 

Be economical in your posting

Please post each question or request for technical assistance in one discussion thread only - do not post the same thread multiple times. It will be difficult for the community to unite and assist you if you post the same question multiple times.

Be courteous and professional

Be respectful of other EngineerZone members and their opinions.  Personal attacks and harassment in the community are not acceptable.  Please do not post, publish, distribute or disseminate anything unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, harassing, threatening, abusive, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable or injurious to another party.  Posters that take these actions will lose their posting privileges.

Share your expertise

EngineerZone was developed to unite engineers who are working on similar issues. Help the community learn by answering other member’s questions and sharing your knowledge.

Leave the advertisements at home

EngineerZone is not to be used to promote third party services, products, employment opportunities, websites or organizations. Do not post content that would constitute advertising, junk mail, spam, or any other form of unauthorized solicitation.

Pricing and availability questions do not belong in EngineerZone

The community's main purpose is technical and design support. Information about pricing and availability can be found on the product pages of analog.com. You may also direct these inquiries to your local FAE or sales rep. Please do not post pricing or availability questions, including questions about part markings on EngineerZone.

Caveat Lector

EngineerZone community members are a great resource for getting answers to your support questions, but remember that the information provided is their advice and you are responsible for deciding whether to follow it.  Although the ADI support team actively monitors EngineerZone, we are not responsible for the content of any of the posts.  ADI is not responsible for any issues you encounter as a result of following advice received in the community.

Keep it legal

ADI does not allow any illegal activities.  You may not use any ADI site for the purpose of linking to external sites that violate this Code of Conduct.  You may not post any content that would infringe on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property rights of any party.  Do not post content that violates a non-disclosure agreement or confidentiality right of another party or contains software viruses or any computer code or files that are designed to disrupt, damage, or limit the functionality of any hardware or software or that is illegal under any local, state, federal, or international law, rule or regulation.

Export Restrictions

Further to the Export clause found in the Terms of Use, You may not access, download, use or export any EngineerZone Community, content, software,  products or services in violation of any country’s export laws or regulations or any other applicable laws or regulations. You agree to comply with all export laws, restrictions and regulations of the United States and/or all non-U.S. governments or authorities, and not to directly or indirectly provide or otherwise make available the services and products of Analog Devices in violation of any such restrictions, laws or regulations, or without all necessary prior government approvals.

As applicable, you shall obtain and bear all expenses relating to any necessary export licenses, authorizations and/or exemptions with respect to your own use of the EngineerZone if you make this information available outside the U.S.

Neither the services of Analog Devices nor the underlying information or technology may be downloaded or otherwise provided or made available, either directly or indirectly, into any country subject to U.S. trade sanctions, to individuals or entities controlled by such countries, or to nationals or residents of such countries other than nationals who are lawfully admitted permanent residents of countries not subject to such sanctions; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals, the U.S. State Department’s list of Debarred Parties and the U.S. Commerce Department's Entity List and Denied Persons List. By agreeing to the “Terms of Use” and the EngineerZone Code of Conduct, you agree to the foregoing and represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list. These obligations shall survive past the term or termination of any agreement in which it is incorporated.

Help us help you

The EngineerZone community is here for the benefit of members like you.  If you notice content that does not abide by the Code of Conduct we ask that you report it to our site moderators by selecting Report Abuse in the post.

Protect Your Privacy

We caution you against giving out personally identifiable information (such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, names and addresses, telephone numbers, driver license numbers) to strangers online, which may be used for illegal or harmful purposes. Some personal information you provide to ADI may be stored outside of the country in which you reside. To read ADI’s Privacy and Security Statement, please see the Privacy and Security Statement relating to the collection and use of your information.

Code of Conduct Violation.

  • First Offense: 30-Day Moderation
  • Second Offense: Temporary Ban 60 Days

Should you continue to post content that is in breach of the Code of Conduct, your account will be deleted.