Custom triggers with Data Acquisition Toolbox (TM)

Example of a data acquisition GUI with custom triggers

Description

This m-file implements a simple data acquisition gui with multiple channels and custom triggering
  
It demonstrates how to:
 
1) Use nested functions to simplify data acquisition programs
 
2) Use a simple GUI (a couple of pushbuttons) to start and stop data acquisition.
 
3) Wait for an event/trigger (like a button press) and log pre-event or pre-trigger data from multiple synchronized channels.
 
4) Record pretrigger data based on custom criteria. In this m-file the triggering event is a button click. However, the event could be any custom criterion (e.g., the data amplitude is greater than a threshold *and* a toggle button is enabled).

Requires: the Data Acquisition Toolbox (TM) and the Winsound adapter. It does not depend on any hardware-specific capabilities.

• Required Products: Data Acquisition Toolbox
• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7 (R14)
• Other requirements: Windows platform