Data Acquisition Toolbox™ provides apps and functions for configuring data acquisition hardware, reading data into MATLAB® and Simulink®, and writing data to DAQ analog and digital output channels. The toolbox supports a variety of DAQ hardware, including USB, PCI, PCI Express®, PXI®, and PXI Express® devices, from National Instruments® and other vendors.
The toolbox apps let you interactively configure and run a data acquisition session. You can then generate equivalent MATLAB code to automate your acquisition in future sessions. Toolbox functions give you the flexibility to control the analog input, analog output, counter/timer, and digital I/O subsystems of a DAQ device. You can access device-specific features and synchronize data acquired from multiple devices.
You can analyze data as you acquire it or save it for post-processing. You can also automate tests and make iterative updates to your test setup based on analysis results.
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Analog Input Recorder App
Configure device channels, preview signals, and record analog input data in the foreground or background.
Analog Output Generator App
Configure device channels, define and preview signals, and generate analog output signals in the foreground or background.
Signal Analyzer App
Visualize, measure, analyze, and compare signals in the time, frequency, and time-frequency domains with Signal Processing Toolbox™.
Multichannel Audio
Acquire and generate audio signals using one or more channels.
Windows Sound Cards
Use MATLAB to acquire, analyze, and generate audio data on Windows® sound cards.
National Instruments
Acquire and analyze data from NI-DAQmx devices, including CompactDAQ, X-Series, M-Series, E-Series, USB, myDAQ, ELVIS II, and more.
Measurement Computing and Data Translation
Acquire and analyze data from Measurement Computing™ and Data Translation® DAQ devices, or write an adaptor for another DAQ vendor.
Educational DAQ Hardware
Explore analog circuit design with low-cost platforms like Digilent® Analog Discovery 2™ and Analog Devices® ADALM1000 Active Learning Module.
Sound and Vibration
Measure sound pressure and acceleration from IEPE microphones and IEPE accelerometers. Record data in physical units such as pascals and gravities.
Strain, Pressure, and Force
Measure strain, pressure, and force from strain bridges, load cells, and other sensors and transducers.
Temperature
Measure temperature from thermocouples and resistive temperature devices (RTDs) in physical units such as degrees Celsius.
TDMS Files
Read, write and analyze data from industry standard NI TDMS format files. Import individual files or work with a collection of TDMS files.
Digital I/O Subsystems
Acquire and generate digital signals.
Counter and Timer Subsystems
Acquire quadrature encoder position, count edges, measure frequencies and pulse widths, and generate pulses.
Analog Voltage Subsystems
Acquire and generate voltage signals on analog input and analog output channels of your DAQ device.
Analog Current Subsystems
Acquire and generate current signals on analog input and analog output channels of your DAQ device.
Triggers and Shared Scan Clocks
Simultaneously generate and acquire analog data. Synchronize data acquisition and generation.
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