Data Acquisition Toolbox

The Data Acquisition Session

The data acquisition session consists of all the steps you are likely to take when acquiring or outputting data. These steps are described in the following sections.

Overview	Description of the data acquisition session including a brief example
Creating a Device Object	Create a MATLAB object that represents the hardware subsystem
Adding Channels or Lines	Add hardware channels or hardware lines to the device object
Configuring and Returning Properties	Define the device object behavior by assigning values to properties
Acquiring and Outputting Data	Execute the device object and acquire or output data using the previously added channels
Cleaning Up	Remove the device object from memory and from the workspace

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