Instrument Control Toolbox™ 2.6

Latest Features

Version 2.6

Released: 01 Mar 2008
 

Version 2.6, part of Release 2008a, includes the following enhancements:

• New Simulink blocks to send and receive data over a serial port in a Simulink model
• Improved throughput in Instrument Control Serial interface and TCP/IP Receive blocks
• Enhanced capability for discovery of VISA-USB and VISA TCP/IP (VXI-11) instruments in the TMTOOL
• New instrument drivers available on MATLAB Central

See the Release Notes for details.

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Version 2.5

Released: 01 Sep 2007
 

Version 2.5, part of Release 2007b, includes the following enhancements:

• New Simulink blocks to send and receive data over TCP/IP and UDP in a Simulink model
• Additional GPIB status information provided with the spoll function
• Additional instrument drivers available for Agilent, LeCroy, Tabor, and Tektronix instruments; visit MATLAB Central for the latest list of instrument drivers
• Updated support for Keithley Version 8.3 GPIB drivers

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 2.4.2

Released: 01 Mar 2007
 

Version 2.4.2, part of Release 2007a, includes a number of bug fixes. See the Release Notes for details.

Version 2.4.1

Released: 01 Sep 2006
 

Version 2.4.1, part of Release 2006b, includes a number of bug fixes.
See the Release Notes for details.

Version 2.4

Released: 01 Mar 2006
 

Version 2.4, part of Release 2006a, provides support for:

• LeCroy oscilloscopes using instrument drivers—visit MATLAB Central for a list of MATLAB instrument drivers available for LeCroy oscilloscopes and other instruments
• Simulations for the Agilent 33120a function generator and Agilent e3648 DC power supply, letting you evaluate the Instrument Control Toolbox when hardware is not available
• Generic instrument drivers to communicate with arbitrary devices that do not use industry-standard drivers or protocols

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 2.3

Released: 01 Sep 2005
 

Version 2.3, part of Release 14 with Service Pack 3, includes the following enhancements:

• Usability improvements to TMTool, the graphical user interface for detecting and controlling scientific instruments in the Instrument Control Toolbox
• New instrument control demos available on the Instrument Control Toolbox product page
• Bug fixes

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 2.2

Released: 07 Mar 2005
 

• Support added for the Advantech GPIB interface

Version 2.2, part of MathWorks Release 14 with Service Pack 2, includes minor enhancements. See the Release Notes for details.

Version 2.1.2

Released: 09 Dec 2004
 

Version 2.1.2 includes bug fixes.

Version 2.1

Released: 22 Sep 2004
 

• New Simulink blocks for sending and receiving data between instruments and Simulink
• Bug fixes

Version 2.0

Released: 02 Jun 2004
 

• Instrument driver support, including IVI, VXIplug&play, and MATLAB instrument drivers, enabling instrument communication without having to learn instrument-specific commands
• New graphical user interface (tmtool) for identifying, configuring, and communicating with instruments
• Instrument driver development and testing tools for creating and verifying custom instrument drivers
• Tools to modify IVI and VXIplug&play drivers to include MATLAB analysis routines