Simple Analog Input Acquisition Using a Data Translation DT9836 module and MATLAB R2017b

% Begin by creating a session.

s = daq.createSession('dt');

% Add an analog input channel using Data Translation’s Open Layers device ID and channel ID (0), 

% with the measurement type set to ‘Voltage’.

ch0 = addAnalogInputChannel(s,'DT9836(00)', '0', 'Voltage');

% Configure analog input channel properties 

% Reference the DT device’s user manual to verify supported terminal configurations (i.e. 'SingleEnded', 'Differential').

ch0.TerminalConfig = 'SingleEnded';

ch0.Range = [-10,10];

% Set the acquisition rate (Hz).

s.Rate = 10000;

% Set the input event handler by adding a listener for ‘DataAvailable’ events.

% The callback function plots the acquired data against time.

lh = addlistener(s,'DataAvailable', @(src,event) plot(event.TimeStamps, event.Data));

% Set the acquisition to run continuously in the background for a specified duration.

s.IsContinuous = true;

startBackground(s);

durationInSeconds = 3;

localTimer = tic;

while s.IsRunning && toc(localTimer) < durationInSeconds

    pause(1)

    fprintf('Scans Acquired = %d\n', s.ScansAcquired)

end

% Cleanup

stop(s);

% Delete the listener.

delete(lh);

delete (s)

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*NOTE: This script may also work with other Data Translation devices or else require minimal code changes in order to acquire and display data.