Digilent Analog Discovery Support from MATLAB
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MATLAB® supports the Digilent Analog Discovery™ design kit, a low-cost, portable USB DAQ device. The kit enables project-based learning for analog circuit design. For professors and course instructors, the kit comes with downloadable teaching materials, reference designs, and lab projects.
The Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Support Package for Digilent Analog Discovery hardware lets you perform the following tasks in MATLAB:
- Read data from the two oscilloscope channels (analog input)
- Control and generate data from the two waveform generators (analog output)
- Characterize ICs and measure behavior of the circuit and IC components
- Configure the sampling rate of the Analog Discovery device
- Trigger the start of your data acquisition
- Find and display Digilent Analog Discovery device settings
Platform and Release Support
Available on 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® only.
Prior release support
Related Hardware Support Views: Consumer Electronics, Data Acquisition Toolbox, Digilent, MathWorks Supported, MATLAB Product Family, Project-Based Learning, Support Package Installer Enabled, Test and Measurement, USB
Ready to install?
Before installing the support package, confirm you have the correct setup. View system requirements and installation options.
Get Support PackageCheck the System Requirements
To install a hardware support package, you must have a supported product release, along with the required operating system and base product.
View the hardware support package system requirements table and confirm you have:
- A supported release
- A supported operating system
- The required base products
If you do not have a supported release or the required base products, you can get started with a free trial, or you can purchase products.
Continue with the Installation
After confirming you have the system requirements, proceed with either installation option listed below.
Option 1: Using the Toolstrip
Launch the Support Package Installer from your version of MATLAB and navigate to the correct support package.
Option 2: "Get Support Package" Button (.mlpkginstall file*)
Clicking the Get Support Package button provides the support package install file:
([filename].mlpkginstall)
There are several ways to initiate the Support Package Installer from these files:
- Open the
.mlpkginstallfile directly from your Internet browser. - Download and save the file (the default option for some Internet browsers), and open it directly from your Windows, Mac, or Linux operating system.
- Open the
.mlpkginstallfile directly from within MATLAB by navigating the Current Folder to the location of the downloaded file and double clicking it. That will initiate the installation for the MATLAB release that you have open.
The primary difference between using the .mlpkginstall file (option 2) rather than the toolstrip (option 1) to initiate support package installation is that the file allows the user to avoid the support package selection screen on the installer.
*These file types were introduced in MATLAB R2013a.
Users without an Internet connection can install hardware support packages by following the download instructions.
Getting Started Resources
MathWorks Requirements
Software
Required
Recommended
Support Package
Required
Support Package Installer installs third-party software for this support package. For more information, see the documentation or run Support Package Installer. To start Support Package Installer, go to the MATLAB tool strip, and click Add-Ons > Get Hardware Support Packages.
Third-Party Requirements
Hardware
Required
Recommended
Software
Required
All required third-party software is installed by the Support Package Installer.