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Preface
What Is the Instrument Control Toolbox?
The Instrument Control Toolbox is a collection of M-file functions built on the MATLAB® Technical Computing Environment. The toolbox provides you with these features:
- A framework for communicating with instruments that support the GPIB interface (IEEE-488, HPIB), the VISA standard, and the serial port interface (RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485). Note that the toolbox extends the basic serial port features included with MATLAB.
- Functions for transferring data between MATLAB and your instrument:
- The data can be binary (numerical) or text.
- Text data can be any command used by your instrument such as a command given by the Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI) language.
- The transfer can be synchronous and block the MATLAB command line, or asynchronous and not block the MATLAB command line.
- Event-based communication
- Functions for recording data and event information to a text file
- Tools that facilitate instrument control in an easy-to-use graphical environment
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