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TM01: MATLAB for Data Acquisition and Instrument Control


This course covers real-time interfaces of MATLAB for data acquisition and instrument control, including:

  • Acquiring measured data from a data acquisition device
  • Communicating with an external instrument via its GPIB
  • Using the Data Acquisition Toolbox to perform computations and analyses of acquired data
  • Using synchronized analog I/O and digital I/O
  • Using the Instrument Control Toolbox to write commands to the instrument and read waveform data from the instrument
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 Detailed course outline

 

Day 1 of 1
Introduction

Objective: Understand the terminology related to test and measurement and verify the functionality of the training hardware.

  • Company introduction
  • Expected Background
  • Terminology
  • Setting up and testing Hardware
Data Acquisition Toolbox: Basic Concepts, Working with Analog Inputs

Objective: Create analog input object and acquire data using the Data Acquisition Toolbox.

  • Basic data acquisition concepts
  • Getting help
  • Examining hardware resources
  • Device objects
  • Creating Analog Inputs
  • Acquiring data
  • Previewing and extracting data
  • Working with toolbox objects
Data Acquisition Toolbox: Basic Analog Output, Digital I/O

Objective: Create an Analog Output (AO) object and understand digital I/O.

  • Creating an AO object
  • Display summary
  • Adding channels
  • Outputting Data
  • Properties
  • Digital I/O Overview
  • Creating a digital I/O object
  • Reading and writing values
Data Acquisition: Advanced Analog I/O

Objective: Understand and use trigger events, measurement resolution, data logging and simultaneous I/O. Note: The actual topics covered in this section will be determined based upon student input.

  • Analog input events and callbacks
  • Triggering
  • Optimizing measurement resolution and engineering units
  • Logging data to disk
  • Analog output events and callbacks
  • Simultaneous I/O
Instrument Control Toolbox: Overview

Objective: Understand what instrument control is and how the toolbox can be used for communicating and controlling hardware instruments.

  • Instrument control applications
  • Instrument control components
  • Creating a GPIB object
  • Communicating with the instruments
Image Acquisition Toolbox: Overview

Objective: Understand what the Image Acquisition Toolbox can be used for.

  • Acquire Image Data Into MATLAB
  • Access Hardware Settings
  • Live Video Acquisition
  • AVI File Logging

 

Reference: MATLAB Basics

Objective: Review MATLAB concepts that are fundamental to using the Data Acquisition Toolbox and the Instrument Controls Toolbox.

  • Creating and Using Matrices
  • Basic Plotting
  • Writing script and function M-files
  • Use of Structures and Cell Arrays
  • Review of Handle Graphics
  • Working with Objects
  • Callbacks

Prerequisites

MATLAB Fundamentals (ML01) or the equivalent and an understanding of data acquisition hardware and instrument control. MATLAB for Building Graphical User Interfaces (ML04) is highly recommended.

Course Length - 1  day

Price - $650.00

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