Arduino Support from MATLAB

Connect to and control Arduino inputs and outputs from MATLAB

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Capabilities and Features

With MATLAB^® Support Package for Arduino^® Hardware, you can use MATLAB to interactively communicate with an Arduino board. The package enables you to perform tasks such as:

Acquire analog and digital sensor data from your Arduino board
Control other devices with digital and PWM outputs
Drive DC, servo, and stepper motors (also supports Adafruit Motor Shield)
Access peripheral devices and sensors connected over I2C or SPI
Communicate with an Arduino board over a USB cable or wirelessly over Wi-Fi
Build custom add-ons to interface with additional hardware and software libraries
Read and write CAN Messages with MCP2515 based CAN-Bus shields through supported Arduino boards

Because MATLAB is a high level interpreted language, you can see results from I/O instructions immediately, without compiling. MATLAB includes thousands of built-in math, engineering, and plotting functions that you can use to quickly analyze and visualize data collected from your Arduino.

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Supported Hardware

Arduino and MATLAB: Reading Inputs and Writing Outputs

Board	Shield Support	Releases Supported	Comments
Arduino MKR Zero	CAN, MC	R2019b – Current
Arduino Uno*	MSV2, CAN	R2014a – Current
Arduino Due*	MSV2, CAN	R2014a – Current	DAC and CAN channels not currently supported.
Arduino Mega 2560*	MSV2, CAN	R2014a – Current
Arduino Leonardo*	MSV2, CAN	R2015a – Current
Arduino Mega ADK*	MSV2, CAN	R2015a – Current
Arduino Micro*	N	R2015a – Current
Arduino Mini* (ATmega328)	N	R2015a – R2018b	Mini with ATmega168 not supported.
Arduino MKR1000*	CAN, MC	R2017a – Current	Supports Wi-Fi communication
Arduino MKR1010	CAN, MC	R2019a – Current	Supports Wi-Fi communication
Arduino Nano 3.1*	N	R2015a – Current	Nano 2.X not supported. Other Nano 3.X not tested but expected to work.
Arduino Pro* (ATmega328)	N	R2015a – R2018b	Pro with ATmega168 not supported.
Arduino Pro Mini (ATmega328)	N	R2015a – Current	Pro Mini with ATmega168 not supported.
Arduino Fio*	N	R2015a – R2018b
Sparkfun Digital Sandbox	N	R2015a – Current
Arduino Nano 33 IoT	MC	R2020a – Current
Arduino Nano 33 BLE	N	R2021a – Current
Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense	N	R2021a – Current

Shield Support	Releases Supported
Adafruit Motor Shield V2 (MSV2)	R2014a – Current
Arduino MCP2515 CAN bus module (CAN)	R2020a – Current
Arduino MKR CAN Shield	R2020a – Current
Sparkfun CAN-BUS Shield	R2020a – Current
Arduino MKR Motor Carrier (MC)	R2020a – Current
Arduino Nano Motor Carrier (MC)	R2020a – Current

*Also supported in Simulink Support Package for Arduino Hardware

Note: In addition to the official Arduino hardware listed above, we have also tested our support package on the following Arduino-compatible devices: Sparkfun Redboard, Sainsmart Uno, Sainsmart Mega 2560. Other devices compatible with the boards listed above are expected to work, but are not tested.