Specifications

1 I/O Drivers
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xPC Target supports over 40 I/O boards and devices. These devices include
communication with CAN, GPIB, and RS232.
This chapter includes the following sections:
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I/O Driver Block Library — The xPC Target I/O library is organized
hierarchically from I/O Function --> Manufacture --> Driver block.
•
Memory-Mapped Devices - I/O boards that need a base address.
•
PCI Bus I/O Devices — I/O boards that need a PCI slot number.
I/O Driver Block Library
You can open the I/O device driver library with the MATLAB command xpclib.
The library
xpclib contains sublibraries grouped by the type of I/O function
they provide.
When you double-click one of these groups, the sublibrary opens displaying a
list grouped by manufacturer as shown below.