Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 10.19
TracerDAQ display showing time-related captured data
Additional toolboxes, such as Wavelet, Symbolic Math, Fuzzy Logic, and
Neural Network, provide complementary, alternative methods for modelling
systems and analysing, displaying, and characterizing your data.
MATLAB provides direct access to data from serial ports as well as from
MATLAB formatted data files. MATLAB also includes built-in support for
popular file formats, including scientific data formats image file formats,
and industry-standard formats, such as Microsoft Excel. Additional func-
tions perform ASCII and low-level binary I/O from M-file, C, and Fortran
programs.
Dedicated applications
Dedicated applications package are usually designed to solve a particular
problem or range of problems. As such, a dedicated applications package
may not include programmable features but, instead, are usually configured
for use with a particular data source (or range of sources). Such software
is often supplied with items of data acquisition hardware such as simple
RS-232 and USB-based devices; and usually provides strip chart recording
facilities, low-frequency waveform display, and simple data logging and anal-
ysis features. TracerDAQ (from Measurement Computing - see Figure 10.19)
and WINDAQ (from DATAQ Instruments - see Figure 10.20) are typical
examples.
