Agilent U2351A, U2352A, U2353A, U2354A, U2355A User guide
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Using the Agilent
U2300A Series USB
Multifunction Data
Acquisition Devices with
MATLAB Software
Quick Start Guide
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II Quick Start Guide — Using MATLAB with Agilent U2300A DAQ Devices
Contents
Introduction 2
Install the Software Components and Applications 3
Installing MATLAB and MATLAB’s Data Acquisition Toolbox 4
Installing the U2300A Series hardware drivers 4
Installing the Agilent Measurement Manager 5
Installing the U2300A Series IVI-COM drivers 6
Installing the U2300A Series MATLAB DAQ Adaptor 7
Connect the Module 8
Verify Your Module Connection 11
Locate and Add the MATLAB DAQ Adaptor Folder 12
Output example 14
For More Information 15
Quick Start Guide — Using MATLAB with Agilent U2300A DAQ Devices 1
1 Introduction
MATLAB® Data Acquisition Toolbox is a well known data analysis
software environment and programming language. MATLAB software
enables you to configure, control, and acquire data from the U2300A
Series USB multifunction data acquisition devices. Once data is in
MATLAB, you can analyze and visualize that data using interactive tools
and command- line functions for data analysis tasks such as signal
processing, statistical analysis, digital filtering, and curve fitting. MATLAB
is also used for generating waveforms and developing Test & Measurement
applications.
MATLAB supports the U2300A Series USB multifunction data acquisition
devices using MATLAB, MATLAB’s Data Acquisition Toolbox, and a
software adaptor. The models in the U2300A Series family that are
supported are the U2351A, U2352A, U2353A, U2354A, U2355A, U2356A,
and the U2331A.
In order to use these devices with MATLAB, you need to install MATLAB
and Agilent software components and applications, connect the USB
multifunction DAQ device, install the respective drivers, and verify the
whole operation with the MATLAB example for U2300A Series hardware.
These steps are described in this document.
Figure 1-1 U2300A Series USB multifunction data acquisition devices with the
U2781A USB modular products chassis
2 Quick Start Guide — Using MATLAB with Agilent U2300A DAQ Devices
2 Install the Software Components and Applications
Install the software components and applications in the following order as
described in this section of the getting started guide:
• MATLAB and MATLAB’s Data Acquisition Toolbox
• the U2300A Series hardware drivers
• the Agilent Measurement Manager (this also installs the Agilent IO
Libraries Suite if not already installed)
• the U2300A Series IVI–COM driver
• the U2300A Series MATLAB DAQ adaptor
Minimum system requirements
Prior to any installation or configuration, please ensure that your PC
meets the following minimum system requirements.
Processor 1.6 GHz Pentium® IV or higher
Operating system Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition (Service
Pack 1 or later), or Windows® Vista 32- Bit (Business, Ultimate, Enterprise
Home Basic, and Home Premium)
Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher
Available RAM 512 MB or higher recommended
Hard-disk space 1 GB
Video Super VGA 800×600 (1024×768 recommended)
Prerequisites Agilent IO Libraries Suite 15.1
Runtime version 2.1
[2]
patch
[1]
[2]
Quick Start Guide — Using MATLAB with Agilent U2300A DAQ Devices 3
, Microsoft® .NET Framework version 2.0
Available on the Agilent Automation-Ready CD-ROM
Bundled with the Agilent Measurement Manager software application installer
[2]
, Agilent T&M Toolkit Redistributable Package 2.1
[1]
, Agilent T&M Toolkit
[2]
Follow the instructions below to install the software components:
NOTE
Installing MATLAB and MATLAB’s Data Acquisition Toolbox
1 You can install the MATLAB software directly from the MATLAB
installation DVD or from the MathWorks web site. (A MathWorks
account is required.) If you do not already have MATLAB and
MATLAB’s Data Acquisition Toolbox, you can request a trial at:
http://www.mathworks.com/agilent/daq/tryit.html.
2 Follow the on-screen prompts to install MATLAB and this toolbox.
Installing the U2300A Series hardware drivers
Please ensure that there are no instruments connected to the PC when
installing the driver.
1 Verify that your PC meets the minimum system requirements as stated
in “Minimum system requirements” on page 3.
2 Insert the Agilent USB Modular Products Product Reference CD- ROM.
The application automatically loads the “Agilent Modular Products
Installation Menu” as shown.
3 Click Hardware Driver to begin the installation. Click Next to proceed.
Follow the instructions on the screen to proceed with the installation.
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