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daqlist

List data acquisition devices available to toolbox

Since R2020a

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Syntax

daqlist
daqlist(vendor)
dev = daqlist(___)

Description

daqlist displays a table of all available devices for all supported vendors. The information for each device includes device IDs, descriptions, models, and device subsystems.

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daqlist(vendor) lists all available devices for the specified vendor in table format.

dev = daqlist(___) assigns the device table to dev. You can access individual table cells by indexing position or column labels.

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List all available devices.

dev = daqlist
dev =

  12×5 table

      VendorID        DeviceID                             Description                                                Model                              DeviceInfo     
    _____________    ___________    __________________________________________________________    ______________________________________________    ____________________

    "ni"             "Dev2"         "National Instruments(TM) PCIe-6363"                          "PCIe-6363"                                       [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]
    "ni"             "PXI1Slot2"    "National Instruments(TM) PXI-4461"                           "PXI-4461"                                        [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]
    "adi"            "SMU1"         "Analog Devices Inc. ADALM1000"                               "ADALM1000"                                       [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]
    "directsound"    "Audio0"       "DirectSound Primary Sound Capture Driver"                    "Primary Sound Capture Driver"                    [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]
    "directsound"    "Audio1"       "DirectSound Headset Microphone (Plantronics BT600)"          "Headset Microphone (Plantronics BT600)"          [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]
    "directsound"    "Audio2"       "DirectSound Primary Sound Driver"                            "Primary Sound Driver"                            [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]
    "directsound"    "Audio3"       "DirectSound Headset Earphone (Plantronics BT600)"            "Headset Earphone (Plantronics BT600)"            [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]
    "directsound"    "Audio4"       "DirectSound LEN T2454pA (NVIDIA High Definition Audio):1"    "LEN T2454pA (NVIDIA High Definition Audio):1"    [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]
    "directsound"    "Audio5"       "DirectSound LEN T2454pA (NVIDIA High Definition Audio):2"    "LEN T2454pA (NVIDIA High Definition Audio):2"    [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]
    "directsound"    "Audio6"       "DirectSound Speakers (Lenovo USB Soundbar)"                  "Speakers (Lenovo USB Soundbar)"                  [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]
    "directsound"    "Audio7"       "DirectSound Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)"        "Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)"        [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]
    "mcc"            "Board0"       "Measurement Computing Corp. USB-1208FS-Plus"                 "USB-1208FS-Plus"                                 [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]

List all available National Instruments™ devices.

dev = daqlist("ni")
dev =

  12×5 table

      VendorID       DeviceID                  Description                    Model         DeviceInfo     
    ____________    ___________    ____________________________________    ___________    ____________________

    "ni"            "Dev2"         "National Instruments(TM) PCIe-6363"     "PCIe-6363"   [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]
    "ni"            "PXI1Slot2"    "National Instruments(TM) PXI-4461"      "PXI-4461"    [1×1 daq.DeviceInfo]

View details of the first device.

devinfo = dev.DeviceInfo(1)
devinfo =

ni: National Instruments(TM) PCIe-6363 (Device ID: 'Dev2')
   Analog input supports:
      7 ranges supported
      Rates from 0.1 to 2000000.0 scans/sec
      32 channels ('ai0' - 'ai31')
      'Voltage' measurement type
   
   Analog output supports:
      -5.0 to +5.0 Volts,-10 to +10 Volts ranges
      Rates from 0.1 to 2857142.9 scans/sec
      4 channels ('ao0','ao1','ao2','ao3')
      'Voltage' measurement type
   
   Digital IO supports:
      Rates from 0.1 to 10000000.0 scans/sec
      48 channels ('port0/line0' - 'port2/line7')
      'InputOnly','OutputOnly','Bidirectional' measurement types
   
   Counter input supports:
      Rates from 0.1 to 100000000.0 scans/sec
      4 channels ('ctr0','ctr1','ctr2','ctr3')
      'EdgeCount','PulseWidth','Frequency','Position' measurement types
   
   Counter output supports:
      Rates from 0.1 to 100000000.0 scans/sec
      4 channels ('ctr0','ctr1','ctr2','ctr3')
      'PulseGeneration' measurement type

Input Arguments

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Device vendor specified as a string or character vector.

Example: "ni"

Data Types: char | string

Output Arguments

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List of available devices, returned as a table.

Version History

Introduced in R2020a

See Also

Functions