MATLAB Support Package for Arduino Hardware

Acquire inputs and send outputs on Arduino boards

MATLAB® Support Package for Arduino® Hardware enables you to use MATLAB to interactively communicate with an Arduino board.

For instance, you can read and write sensor data through the Arduino board and immediately see the results in MATLAB without compiling any code. Further, you can utilize thousands of built-in math, engineering, and plotting functions that are included with MATLAB to analyze and visualize data collected from your Arduino.

You can also create and distribute complied standalone MATLAB applications that run MATLAB programs on systems to interface Arduino hardware over Serial without an installed version of MATLAB.

Documentation

• Main Page
• Setup and Configuration
• Examples
• Release Notes

Features

• Connect and communicate with an Arduino board over a USB cable or wirelessly over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, using MATLAB
• Use the integrated project files that are part of Arduino Engineering Kit Rev2 to apply engineering concepts while learning and building projects using Arduino boards (Building projects using Rev1 is supported for releases from R2019a to R2021b)
• Communicate with other devices through GPIO, I2C, SPI and CAN
• Programmatically control Servo, Shift Registers and Rotary Encoders
• Read real-time data from a wide variety of supported sensors like IMU and Environmental sensors, BNO055 and GPS sensors
• Read data from APDS9960 and Ultrasonic sensors
• Create custom add-on libraries to use with your Arduino device and supported hardware shields
• Connect and Control Arduino board using the Arduino Explorer App

To know more about the supported Arduino boards and other features, visit – Arduino Support from MATLAB

Examples

• Getting Started

Getting Started with MATLAB Support Package for Arduino Hardware

• Setup and Configuration

Measure Temperature and Control Peripherals using the Arduino Explorer App

• I2C Devices

Measure Temperature From I2C Device on Arduino® Hardware

• SPI Devices

Communicate with SPI Device on Arduino® Hardware

• Shift Registers

Push Button Control with 74HC165 Shift Register

Control 7-Segment Display with 74HC595 Shift Register

Control LEDs with 74HC595 Shift Register

• Quadrature Encoders

Control Rotary Encoder Knob

Steer Two-Wheel Robot

• Servo Motors

Control Servo Motors

• Adafruit Motor Shield V2

Control Motors Using Adafruit® Motor Shield V2

• CAN Interface

Read and Write CAN Messages with Arduino Hardware

Advanced CAN Communication with Arduino Using Vehicle Network Toolbox

Overcome Buffer Size Limitation of Arduino

• Motor Carrier

Webcam Controlled Rover Using Arduino Engineering Kit Rev 2

Drawing Robot Using Arduino Engineering Kit Rev 2

• Sensors

Estimating Orientation Using Inertial Sensor Fusion and MPU-9250

Wireless Data Streaming Using BNO055 and Bluetooth® and Estimating Orientation Using Sensor Fusion

Plot Position Using GPS Connected to Arduino Hardware

Measure LSM9DS1 Sensor Outputs Using Nano 33 BLE Sense

• Deploy Arduino Functions to Arduino Hardware Using MATLAB Function Block

Gyroscope-Based Pedometer Using MATLAB Functions

Support

• This support package is functional for R2014a and beyond.
• To use Arduino hardware with MATLAB versions R2013b and earlier, see - http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/32374
• For any issues with this support package, please contact MathWorks Technical Support - https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

Notes

• For MATLAB R2017a and earlier versions, this support package is currently unable to download third-party software. For details and workaround, see this Bug Report https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1741173
• MATLAB R2017b and later versions are unaffected

Getting Started

• Arduino Map Maker - Mapping Your Surroundings Using MATLAB and Arduino
• Arduino Engineering Kit

Arduino Engineering Kit: The Drawing Robot, Part 1: Introduction to the Drawing Robot

Arduino Engineering Kit: The Drawing Robot, Part 2: Configure and Test DC Motors of the Robot

Arduino Engineering Kit: The Drawing Robot, Part 3: Draw Images from a Picture or Webcam

• Log Temperature Data from Arduino into MATLAB - Log Temperature Data from Arduino
• Create a Custom Arduino Add-On Library

Create a Custom Arduino Add-On Library

Read LSM303 Accelerometer Data from Arduino with a MATLAB Add-On Library

• Solve a Rubik's Cube - Solve a Rubik’s Cube with a Webcam, Servos, and MATLAB