Data Acquisition Toolbox0 pages

Data Acquisition Toolbox
Connect to data acquisition cards, devices, and modules
Data Acquisition Toolbox™ provides functions for connecting MATLAB® to data acquisition hardware. The
toolbox supports a variety of DAQ hardware, including USB, PCI, PCI-Express®, PXI, and PXI-Express devices,
from National Instruments, Measurement Computing, Advantech, Data Translation, and other vendors.
With the toolbox you can configure data acquisition hardware and read data into MATLAB and Simulink® for
immediate analysis. You can also send out data over analog and digital output channels provided by data
acquisition hardware. The toolbox’s data acquisition software includes functions for controlling analog input,
analog output, counter/timer, and digital I/O subsystems of a DAQ device. You can access device-specific features
and synchronize data acquired from multiple devices.
You can analyze data as you acquire it or save it for post-processing. You can also automate tests and make
iterative updates to your test setup based on analysis results. Simulink blocks included in the toolbox let you
stream live data directly into Simulink models, enabling you to verify and validate your models against live
measured data as part of your design verification process.
Key Features
▪ Support for a variety of industry-standard data acquisition boards and USB modules
▪ Support for analog input, analog output, counters, timers, and digital I/O
▪ Direct access to voltage, current, IEPE accelerometer, and thermocouple measurements
▪ Live acquisition of measured data directly into MATLAB or Simulink
▪ Hardware and software triggers for control of data acquisition
▪ Device-independent software interface

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