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The Experimental Control Simulator is designed to mimic an experimental setup, but with all the components placed on a single circuit board so that experimental control scripts can be tested more easily.
The first version (MvdM, June 2013) is equipped with the following INPUTS:
* 2 photobeams (Pololu) * 2 pushbutton switches (to mimic e.g. a lever press)
The OUTPUTS are:
* 2 LEDs
Interfacing of the simulator board with MATLAB is done through a NI USB I/O module. Thus, to set the state of the LEDs (on/off), do the following:
<MATLAB> outputSession = daq.createSession('ni'); outputSession.addDigitalChannel('Dev3', 'Port0/Line0:1', 'OutputOnly');
this turns off the two LEDs outputSession.outputSingleScan([0 0]); and this turns them on outputSession.outputSingleScan([1 1]); <\MATLAB>