Precision Toolbox
Note
This section only gives an overview on the Precision Toolbox, for all details, see the dedicated doc.
Analog Devices Precision Toolbox For MATLAB and Simulink is a set of tools to model, interface, and target with ADI precision devices within MATLAB and Simulink. These are combined into a single Toolbox which contains a set of Board Support Packages (BSP). The list of supported converters is provided below.
Quick Start with Toolbox
The current stable Toolbox can be downloaded from the ADI PrecisionToolbox repository (releases). Download the latest .mltbx file then open that file within MATLAB. Opening the file will automatically install the Toolbox, adding the necessary components to your MATLAB path. The “Analog Devices, Inc. Precision Toolbox” will appear in your Add-Ons Explorer within MATLAB.
To interface and stream data with hardware will require installation of Libiio and one of two Hardware Support Packages from MathWorks. The libiio library can be obtained from the ADI libiio repository.
Libiio Installers
Download
Stable releases are available at ADI libiio repository (releases).
These support packages provide the necessary libIIO MATLAB bindings used by ADI’s system objects. Starting in R2024a, the functionality of Communications Toolbox Support Package for Xilinx Zynq-Based Radio is included in SoC Blockset Support Package for AMD Devices.
Download
Important
Skip the Zynq SDR or ADALM-PLUTO post-installation steps. They are not used. See Kuiper documentation for the FPGA carrier board SD card images.
Toolbox Dependencies
Depending on your needs, different toolboxes will be required. For basic data streaming into MATLAB or Simulink only the following MathWorks toolboxes are required:
For HDL code generation the following are required:
Building the Toolbox Manually
The toolbox can only be built under Linux or with Cygwin on a Windows platform. Conveniently, the entire process is automated with a Makefile located in the CI/scripts folder of the repository. The following is required on the system before the build process can be run:
A supported MATLAB version installed in the default location (/usr/local/MATLAB)
Packages: git zip unzip tar make wget sed
Warning
You should only manually build the toolbox if you require a custom branch or no toolbox installer is available
First clone the repo and move into it:
git clone https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/PrecisionToolbox.git
cd PrecisionToolbox
To build the toolbox run the following:
make -C CI/scripts build
To create an installable tlbx file run:
make -C CI/scripts gen_tlbx
Device Control and Data Streaming
Device interfaces which provide control and data streaming are implemented with MATLAB System Objects and Simulink Blocks. These System Objects can be accessed under the “adi” namespace in MATLAB and are followed by their part number or board name and finally Tx or Rx:
adi.<Part or Board Name>.<Tx or Rx>
To get a list of currently available objects with the BSP installed simply run:
help adi
To get more information on a given object run:
help adi.<Part or Board Name>
or
doc adi.<Part or Board Name>
Common Attributes
There are some common attributes that need to be set for system objects and parts.
uriContext address of IIO device.IP with usage ‘’bf.uri = ‘ip:192.168.2.1’ ‘’
Extending Interfaces
If a driver attribute or setting is not available in the standard objects it can be easily extended to cover more IIO attributes. See this guide.
Examples
Examples for streaming data and targeting FPGAs are listed within the Toolbox documentation itself. To view run the following with MATLAB:
doc adi
They can also be viewed on GitHub:
Supported Boards
The following have device-specific implementations in MATLAB and Simulink. If a device has an IIO driver, MATLAB support is possible, but a device-specific MATLAB or Simulink interface may not exist yet.
Further Reading
For more information, check out the dedicated documentation which contains useful information such as:
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