Using Matlab GUI with Arduino support package

Is it possible to read analog input pins and command digital outputs of an Arduino board through a GUI? Is it possible to create a standalone application that could be run in any computer without Matlab installed?

[Rolfe Dlugy-Hegwer]

Let me try to repeat your question to see if I understand it correctly. Using MATLAB (and related products), can I:

• Create a GUI application that runs on a host computer without MATLAB?
• Use the application to get data from an analog input on Arduino?
• Use the application to send data from a digital output on Arduino?

Answer 1

[Rolfe Dlugy-Hegwer]

Can I:

• Q: Create a GUI application that runs on a host computer without MATLAB?
• A: Doing this requires the "MATLAB Compiler" product.
• Q: Use the application to get data from an analog input on Arduino?
• Q: Use the application to send data from a digital output on Arduino?
• A: Yes to both questions. Using the serial port, Arduino can get values from one of its Analog input pins and send them to a host computer. Similarly, you can send values to the Arduino board and set one of the Digital output pins to that value.

[André Silva]

And am I able to generate a standalone aplication that does all of this?

[Rolfe Dlugy-Hegwer]

You would create two applications:

• Create the standalone app using MATLAB Compiler. The stand-alone application that does not require a MATLAB installation on the host computer where you run it.
• Create an application for the Arduino board using either:the MATLAB Support Package for Arduino, or the Simulink Support Package for Arduino Hardware (by running "targetinstaller" from the MATLAB Command Window.