NI myDAQ Support from MATLAB
Low cost data acquisition platform for measuring and analyzing signals.
- NI-DAQmx Support from Data Acquisition Toolbox
- NI myDAQ Support from MATLAB
- Digilent Analog Discovery Support from MATLAB
System requirements and installation options
Check 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.
MATLAB supports National Instruments myDAQ (NI myDAQ) hardware, a low-cost, portable USB DAQ device. NI myDAQ hardware is used for project-based learning and hands-on experimentation for analog circuits, sensors, signals, and systems.
Support for NI myDAQ hardware is provided through the Data Acquisition Toolbox Support Package for National Instruments NI-DAQmx Devices. This support allows you to perform the following tasks in MATLAB:
- Read data from analog input channels (oscilloscope)
- Write data to analog output channels (function generator)
- Read and write data to the eight digital input and output channels
- Setup and configure the NI myDAQ Counter/Timer
- Configure the sampling rate of the NI myDAQ device
