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Learn more about Data Acquisition Toolbox
• Getting Started
• Introduction to Data Acquisition
• Product Description
Key Features
• Product Capabilities
Understanding Data Acquisition Toolbox
Exploring the Toolbox
Supported Hardware
• Anatomy of a Data Acquisition Experiment
System Setup
Calibration
Trials
• Data Acquisition System
Overview
Data Acquisition Hardware
Sensors
Signal Conditioning
The Computer
Software
• Analog Input Subsystem
Function of the Analog Input Subsystem
Sampling
Quantization
Channel Configuration
Transferring Data from Hardware to System Memory
• Making Quality Measurements
What Do You Measure?
Accuracy and Precision
Noise
Matching the Sensor Range and A/D Converter Range
How Fast Should a Signal Be Sampled?
Getting Command-Line Function Help
Selected Bibliography
• Using Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
• Installation Information
Prerequisites
Toolbox Installation
Hardware and Driver Installation
• Toolbox Components
Information and Interaction
MATLAB Functions
Data Acquisition Engine
Hardware Driver Adaptor
Unsupported Hardware
• Accessing Your Hardware
Connecting to Your Hardware
Acquiring Data
Outputting Data
Reading and Writing Digital Values
Acquiring Data in a Loop
• Understanding the Toolbox Capabilities
Contents File
Documentation Examples
Quick Reference Guide
Demos
• Examining Your Hardware Resources
Using the daqhwinfo Function
General Toolbox Information
Adaptor-Specific Information
Device Object Information
• Getting Help
The daqhelp Function
The propinfo Function
• Introduction to the Session-Based Interface
Session-Based Interface
Choose the Right Interface
Command-Line Help
Online Help
Session-Based Interface Demos
• User's Guide
• Data Acquisition Workflow
• Understanding the Data Acquisition Workflow
• Creating a Device Object
• Hardware Channels or Lines
• Configuring and Returning Properties
• Acquiring and Outputting Data
Cleaning Up
• Getting Started with Analog Input
Creating an Analog Input Object
• Adding Channels to an Analog Input Object
• Configuring Analog Input Properties
• Acquiring Data
• Analog Input Examples
• Evaluating the Analog Input Object Status
• Doing More with Analog Input
• Configuring and Sampling Input Channels
• Managing Acquired Data
• Configuring Analog Input Triggers
• Events and Callbacks
• Linearly Scaling the Data: Engineering Units
• Analog Output
• Getting Started with Analog Output
• Managing Output Data
• Configuring Analog Output Triggers
• Linearly Scaling the Data
Starting Multiple Device Objects
• Advanced Configurations Using Analog Input and Analog Output
Starting Analog Input and Analog Output Simultaneously
Synchronizing Analog Input and Analog Output Using RTSI Hardware
• Using the Session-Based Interface
• About the Session-Based Interface
• Working with the Session-Based Interface
Create a Session
• Acquire Analog Input Data
• Acquire Counter Input Data
• Generating Analog Output Signals
• Generating Data on a Counter Channel
Acquire Data and Generate Signals Simultaneously
• Trigger Connections
• Clock Connections
• Synchronization
• Digital Input/Output
• Digital I/O Objects
• Adding Lines to a Digital I/O Object
• Writing and Reading Digital I/O Line Values
• Generating Timer Events
• Evaluating the Digital I/O Object Status
• Saving and Loading
• Saving and Loading Device Objects
• Logging Information to Disk
• softscope: The Data Acquisition Oscilloscope
• Oscilloscope Overview
• Displaying Channels
• Channel Data and Properties
• Triggering the Oscilloscope
• Making Measurements
• Exporting Data
Saving and Loading the Oscilloscope Configuration
• Using the Data Acquisition Blocks in Simulink
• Opening the Data Acquisition Block Library
• Building Simulink Models to Acquire Data from a Device
• Troubleshooting Your Hardware
• Hardware and Device Drivers
• Session-Based Interface Using National Instruments Devices
• Legacy Interface Using All Devices
Contacting MathWorks
• Vendor Limitations
National Instruments Hardware
Measurement Computing Hardware
Windows Sound Cards
• Managing Your Memory Resources
Memory Allocation
How Much Memory Do You Need?
Example: Managing Memory Resources
Glossary
• Base Property Reference
• Analog Input Properties
• Analog Output Properties
• Digital I/O Properties
• Device-Specific Property by Vendor Reference
Advantech
Measurement Computing
National Instruments
Parallel Port
• Sound Card
Device-Specific Properties - Alphabetical List
• Blocks
• Functions
Examples
• Release Notes
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Alphabetical List
By Vendor