Data Acquisition Toolbox

Accessing Your Hardware

Perhaps the most effective way to get started with the Data Acquisition Toolbox is to connect to your hardware, and input or output data. This section provides simple examples that show you how to

• Acquire data from analog input channels
• Output data to analog output channels
• Read values from and write values to digital I/O lines

Each example illustrates a typical data acquisition session. The data acquisition session comprises all the steps you are likely to take when acquiring or outputting data using a supported hardware device. You should keep these steps in mind when constructing your own data acquisition applications.

Note that the analog input and analog output examples use a sound card, while the digital I/O example uses a National Instruments PCI-6024E board. If you are using a different supported hardware device, you should modify the adaptor name and the device ID supplied to the creation function as needed.

If you want detailed information about any functions that are used, refer to Function Reference. If you want detailed information about any properties that are used, refer to Base Property Reference.

The Hardware Driver Adaptor

Acquiring Data