Product Capabilities

Understanding Data Acquisition Toolbox

Data Acquisition Toolbox™ enables you to:

  • Configure external hardware devices.

  • Read data into MATLAB® for immediate analysis.

  • Generate signals on device output channels.

Data Acquisition Toolbox is a collection of functions, blocks, apps, and a MEX file (shared library) built on the MATLAB technical computing environment. The toolbox and its support packages also provide several dynamic link libraries (DLLs) called adaptors, which enable you to interface with specific hardware. The toolbox provides you with these main features:

  • A framework for bringing live, measured data into the MATLAB workspace using PC-compatible, plug-in data acquisition hardware

  • Support for analog input (AI), analog output (AO), and digital I/O (DIO) subsystems, including simultaneous analog I/O conversions

  • Support for these popular hardware vendors/devices:

    • National Instruments™ CompactDAQ chassis

    • National Instruments boards that use NI-DAQmx software

    • Microsoft® Windows® sound cards

    • Digilent® Analog Discovery hardware

    • Measurement Computing™ hardware

    • Analog Devices® ADALM1000

    • Measurement Computing devices

  • Event-driven acquisitions

Supported Hardware

The list of hardware supported by Data Acquisition Toolbox can change in each release.

To see the full list of hardware that the toolbox supports, visit the supported hardware page at https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/data-acquistion-software.html.