Convert .dat to .txt or .mat

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Nuchaba Nureen
Nuchaba Nureen on 23 Dec 2016
I used DAQ-Adlink USB-2405 to record vibration signals by Visual Signal program then I will receive two files which are 'filename.dat' and 'filename.adl'. When I opened .adl, it shown info as below
# ChannelNames: AI0 [g] (10.31 mV/g)
# DataUnit: [g]
# ChannelScales: 96.9932104752667
I think that ".adl" is created to extract data from ".dat" file. So, I would like to process the signal by MATLAB then can I convert it into .txt or .mat file?
Thank you so much for your help :)

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KSSV
KSSV on 23 Dec 2016
movefile('myfile.dat','myfile.txt');
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KSSV
KSSV on 23 Dec 2016
Then your files are not ascii, attach any one file.
Nuchaba Nureen
Nuchaba Nureen on 23 Dec 2016
Edited: KSSV on 23 Dec 2016
My file is too large. So, I compress it to .rar file. please download via this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4b2LCHm92qKZWpVdHVVTElhclk/view?usp=sharing

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Nuchaba Nureen
Nuchaba Nureen on 23 Dec 2016
Edited: Nuchaba Nureen on 23 Dec 2016
.dat file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4b2LCHm92qKZWpVdHVVTElhclk/view?usp=sharing
.adl file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4b2LCHm92qKOVYxdkRPTTlfbTQ/view?usp=sharing
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KSSV
KSSV on 23 Dec 2016
movefile('baseline.adl','baseline.txt') is working because it is an ascii file...
Nuchaba Nureen
Nuchaba Nureen on 23 Dec 2016
But it show only info below which is not actual data
# ChannelNames: AI0 [g] (10.31 mV/g)
# DataUnit: [g]
# ChannelScales: 96.9932104752667

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 23 Dec 2016
The file format for ADLINK .dat files appears to be documented at http://www.adlinktech.com/publications/manual/Software/DAQCreator/DAQCreatorManual.pdf starting on PDF page 57.
I do not at the moment find any code to import the files, but the documentation should make it possible to write some.

Bhavanithya Thiraviaraja
Bhavanithya Thiraviaraja on 30 Jul 2019
You can open the .dat file in MATLAB by double clicking the .dat file from the 'Current Folder'.
Select the output type as 'Numeric Type' or 'String Array' according to your needs and click Import selection. You can see the imported .mat file in your workspace

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