Getting Started Acquiring Data with Digilent® Analog Discovery™
This example shows how to acquire analog input voltage data (at a sampling rate of 300kHz). The dynamic range of the incoming signal is -2.5 to 2.5 volts. You will use the session-based interface with the Digilent Analog Discovery hardware.
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Create a session with a Digilent device
Discover Digilent devices connected to your system using daq.getDevices and create a session using the listed Digilent device.
s = daq.createSession('digilent')
s = Data acquisition session using Digilent Inc. hardware: Will run for 1 second (10000 scans) at 10000 scans/second. No channels have been added.
Add an analog input channel
Add an analog input channel with device ID AD1 and channel ID 1. Set the measurement type to Voltage.
ch = s.addAnalogInputChannel('AD1', 1, 'Voltage')
ch = Data acquisition analog input voltage channel '1' on device 'AD1': Coupling: DC TerminalConfig: Differential Range: -25 to +25 Volts Name: '' ID: '1' Device: [1x1 daq.di.DeviceInfo] MeasurementType: 'Voltage'
Set session and channel properties
Set the sampling rate to 300kHz and the channel range to -2.5 to 2.5 volts. Set the duration to 0.5 seconds.
s.Rate = 300e3; s.Channels.Range = [-2.5 2.5]; s.DurationInSeconds = 0.5
s = Data acquisition session using Digilent Inc. hardware: Will run for 0.5 seconds (150000 scans) at 300000 scans/second. Number of channels: 1 index Type Device Channel MeasurementType Range Name ----- ---- ------ ------- --------------- ------------------ ---- 1 ai AD1 1 Voltage (Diff) -2.5 to +2.5 Volts
Acquire a single sample
Acquire a single scan on-demand, measuring the data and trigger time.
[singleReading, triggerTime] = s.inputSingleScan
singleReading = -0.0104 triggerTime = 7.3532e+05
Acquire timestamped data
Start a clocked foreground acquisition.
[data, timestamps, triggerTime] = s.startForeground;
Display the results
plot(timestamps, data); xlabel('Time (seconds)'); ylabel('Voltage (Volts)'); title(['Clocked Data Triggered on: ' datestr(triggerTime)])
