Preface (Data Acquisition Toolbox)

Data Acquisition Toolbox

Related Products

System Requirements

The Data Acquisition Toolbox is a multiplatform product that you install on a host computer running Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0.

The toolbox requires:

MATLAB 6.0 (Release 12)

A supported data acquisition device - for a complete listing of all supported devices, visit the Data Acquisition Toolbox section of the MathWorks Web site at http://www.mathworks.com/products/daq/

Software such as drivers and support libraries, as required by your data acquisition device

Associated Products

The MathWorks provides several associated products that are especially relevant to the kinds of tasks you can perform with the Data Acquisition Toolbox. For more information about any of these products, see either:

The online documentation for that product, if it is installed or if you are reading the documentation from the CD

The MathWorks Web site, at http://www.mathworks.com; see the "products" section

Note The toolboxes listed below all include functions that extend MATLAB's capabilities.

Products Associated with the Data Acquisition Toolbox

Product
Description

Control System Toolbox
Tool for modeling, analyzing, and designing control systems using classical and modern techniques

Database Toolbox
Tool for connecting to, and interacting with, most ODBC/JDBC databases from within MATLAB

Instrument Control Toolbox
Tool for communicating with instruments that support the GPIB (IEEE-488, HPIB) interface, the VISA standard, or the serial port interface

MATLAB Report Generator
Tool for documenting information in MATLAB in multiple output formats

Neural Network Toolbox
A comprehensive environment for neural network research, design, and simulation within MATLAB

Signal Processing Toolbox
Tool for algorithm development, signal and linear system analysis, and time-series data modeling

Statistics Toolbox
Tool for analyzing historical data, modeling systems, developing statistical algorithms, and learning and teaching statistics

System Identification Toolbox
Tool for building accurate, simplified models of complex systems from noisy time-series data

Wavelet Toolbox
Tool for signal and image analysis, compression, and de-noising

**Products Associated with the Data Acquisition Toolbox**
Product	Description
Control System Toolbox	Tool for modeling, analyzing, and designing control systems using classical and modern techniques
Database Toolbox	Tool for connecting to, and interacting with, most ODBC/JDBC databases from within MATLAB
Instrument Control Toolbox	Tool for communicating with instruments that support the GPIB (IEEE-488, HPIB) interface, the VISA standard, or the serial port interface
MATLAB Report Generator	Tool for documenting information in MATLAB in multiple output formats
Neural Network Toolbox	A comprehensive environment for neural network research, design, and simulation within MATLAB
Signal Processing Toolbox	Tool for algorithm development, signal and linear system analysis, and time-series data modeling
Statistics Toolbox	Tool for analyzing historical data, modeling systems, developing statistical algorithms, and learning and teaching statistics
System Identification Toolbox	Tool for building accurate, simplified models of complex systems from noisy time-series data
Wavelet Toolbox	Tool for signal and image analysis, compression, and de-noising

Exploring the Toolbox Using This Guide