Hey Jana,
I understand that you want to switch from using Arduino to measuring temperatures with MATLAB using an Adafruit MAX31865 RTD amplifier and a PT100 sensor. You also want to know if you can directly use the MAX31865 with MATLAB and if there's a sample program available. Additionally, they want to know if it's possible to read data from an Arduino using MATLAB. The user is also considering using two Arduinos, one for temperature measurement and another for other tasks, and then transferring the sensor data to MATLAB.
Yes, it is indeed possible to use the Adafruit MAX31865 RTD amplifier with MATLAB. You can communicate with the MAX31865 over SPI using MATLAB and read the temperature sensor data.
To achieve this, you would need to use MATLAB's Instrument Control Toolbox to communicate with the MAX31865 over SPI. Here's a simple example of how you might accomplish this in MATLAB:
% Create a connection to the MAX31865 over SPI
rtd = spi('comPort', 'PortNumber', mode, speed, bits, 'BitOrder', 'MSBFirst');
% Assuming you've connected the MAX31865 to SPI and configured the pins
% Read the RTD value
rtdValue = read(rtd, 'uint16');
% Calculate the temperature
resistance = RREF * double(rtdValue) / 32768.0;
temperature = resistance / RNOMINAL;
% Display the temperature
disp(['Temperature: ' num2str(temperature) ' °C']);
% Close the connection
delete(rtd);
Please replace “comport”, “PortNumber”, “mode”, “speed”, and “bits” with the appropriate values for your setup.
If you prefer to use the Arduino to read the temperature sensor data and then communicate that data to MATLAB, you can use MATLAB Support Package for Arduino. This package allows you to communicate with an Arduino board from MATLAB and Simulink. You can read sensor data from the Arduino and process it in MATLAB.
Here's a simple example of how to read sensor data from Arduino using MATLAB Support Package for Arduino:
a = arduino();
temperature = readVoltage(a, 'A0') * 100; % Assuming the temperature sensor is connected to analog pin A0
disp(['Temperature: ' num2str(temperature) ' °C']);
You can use this approach to read sensor data from an Arduino and then process it in MATLAB. This way, you can use one Arduino for temperature measurement and another for your other code while processing the data in MATLAB.
To learn more about using support package and “spi” in MATLAB, refer to the MathWorks documentation link below:
- https://www.mathworks.com/help/supportpkg/arduinoio/index.html
- https://www.mathworks.com/help/instrument/spi.html
Hope this helps!
Regards,
Ayush Goyal