Stream the data from sensorTile to MATLAB

Abdullah Almansouri · ‎2018-01-03

Posted on January 03, 2018 at 10:18

I juse got the Sensortile kit, and I would like to read (life) the output from the sensors using MATLAB. Is there a simple way to stream the data â€œlifeâ€� to a MATLAB running on Windows or mac OS? How can I do that?

Thanks for the help!

Andrew Neil · ‎2018-01-05

Posted on January 05, 2018 at 09:30

Does it have to be wireless?

How about getting a

http://www.st.com/en/evaluation-tools/steval-stlkt01v1.html

and using a UART or USB connection?

EDIT

BTW: I think you mean 'live' rather than 'life' ?

Abdullah Almansouri · ‎2018-01-05

Posted on January 05, 2018 at 12:11

Thank you Andrew.

Well, that sounds an easy way to start with. But, ultimately I would like to use it wirelessly, as the sensor will be moving around.

and yes â€œliveâ€�! Thanks for the catch

Andrew Neil · ‎2018-01-05

Posted on January 05, 2018 at 12:41

Well the SensorTile is BLE - so you'd have to use that.

You'd have to ask Matlab what features they have for receiving from BLE.

AIUI, native Windows support for BLE doesn't start until Windows-10. Or was it 8?

But, whatever, it is certainly not in Win-7

EDIT

According to

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/jj159880(v=vs.85).aspx

,

Windows 8 introduces support for the Bluetooth Low Energy technology.

Whether it was complete and/or reliable at 'introduction' is another matter ...

Seems that the

https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2017/01/13/new-bluetooth-features-in-creators-update-gatt-server-bluetooth-le/

' was, '

big on Bluetooth

':

https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2017/01/13/new-bluetooth-features-in-creators-update-gatt-server-bluetooth-le/ ♯ GDgG84Po2MmeLTiY.97

EDIT 2

I guess an alternative would be to have an app on a 'mobile' device (tablet, phone) receive from the Tile, and then forward to your PC ...