Instrument Control Toolbox 2.8

Supported Hardware - Tektronix

MATLAB supports Tektronix instruments including its arbitrary waveform generators, oscilloscopes, and signal analyzers through the Instrument Control Toolbox.

Visit MATLAB Central for the latest list of MATLAB instrument drivers available for Tektronix instruments.  An instrument driver allows you to communicate with your instrument using higher-level commands.

If a MATLAB instrument driver is not available for your Tektronix instrument, Instrument Control Toolbox can still be used to communicate with your instrument.  You can communicate directly with the instrument using one or more instrument communication protocols, including GPIB, VISA, TCP/IP, UDP, and serial. Alternatively, you can communicate with the instrument if the instrument supports an instrument standard such as IVI, LXI, or VXIplug&play. 

Useful MATLAB and Tektronix Resources

• Download: Getting Started Guide - "Using MATLAB with Tektronix Oscilloscopes"
• Online demo: Using MATLAB with Tektronix Instruments
• Download: MATLAB example application to acquire and analyze data with a Tektronix oscilloscope
• User story discussing MATLAB and Tektronix oscilloscopes being used on the International Linear Collider project: Research Engineers Advance Design of the International Linear Collider with MathWorks Tools
• Tektronix application brief using MATLAB: Programming Tektronix OpenChoice Oscilloscopes with MATLAB and Instrument Control Toolbox
• On-Demand webinar featuring a Tektronix oscilloscope demonstration: Acquiring Live Data into MATLAB for Analysis, Visualization, and Application Development

Additional MathWorks Information

• Overviews of MATLAB and Instrument Control Toolbox
• Testimonials and user stories of organizations successfully using MATLAB for acquiring data, controlling hardware, and analyzing data

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