The Instrument Control Toolbox

is included with every MATLAB

option Keysight sells. Using the

Instrument Control Toolbox, you

can easily communicate with the

oscilloscope using one of the

available built-in programming

interfaces (for example, Ethernet

LAN, USB, or GPIB — options vary

depending on the scope you use)

to remotely control or import data

into the MATLAB environment.

Once the digitized data exists in

an array in the MATLAB software,

a wide variety of analysis and

visualization tools are available.

Depending on the enabled toolbox-

es, you can use various filters and

custom algorithms to process and

manipulate the waveform data.

Then you can visualize the data

using a wide variety of 2D and 3D

plot types in the MATLAB software

or send it back out to another

instrument using the Instrument

Control Toolbox. For instance, it

might be useful to take a wave-

form data set that was captured

by a Keysight oscilloscope, pass it

through a transfer function in the

MATLAB software, then use it as

the input to an arbitrary waveform

generator. You can use this method

to tune a stimulus-response test.

Keysight provides the license

certificate redeemable for MATLAB

software with the shipment of the

instrument.

Adding MATLAB software to the purchase of your Keysight oscilloscope provides

five key benefits:

– Convenience: Acquire software and analyzer on a single purchase order

– Confidence: MATLAB software sold through Keysight has been tested and qualified by Keysight

– Support: Contact either Keysight or The MathWorks for help with installation and technical

questions

– Quick start: Acquire numerous application examples directly from Keysight to get started

– Reliability: Ensure that your MATLAB software is always available to you when you need it

Two MATLAB packages available

Keysight offers two MATLAB software packages that are typical packages needed by

oscilloscope users. These packages range from basic MATLAB capabilities to acquire

and analyze data to full support for signal processing, communications systems, filter

design, and automated testing:

Table 1. Descriptions of MATLAB packages available.

Description

Additional information

MATLAB – Basic signal

analysis package

This basic configuration includes the MATLAB software environ-

ment and the Instrument Control Toolbox. Use this configuration to

configure, control, and acquire data from an Keysight InfiniiVision or

Infiniium oscilloscope. Also use it to perform basic signal analysis

and visualization tasks.

MATLAB - Standard signal

analysis package

Includes the products in the MATLAB – Basic signal analysis package

plus the DSP System Toolbox and Signal Processing Toolbox. Com-

bining the Signal Processing Toolbox with the extended features of

the DSP System Toolbox in the standard analysis package provides

digital and analog filter algorithms for use in the MATLAB environ-

ment. The filters and associated modeling and visualization tools

are valuable for analyzing waveform data in MATLAB, but could also

be used to emulate a theoretical circuit’s response on the signal

sampled by the oscilloscope.

Benefits of Purchasing MATLAB Software Directly from Keysight