MATLAB: Is there a limit on the number of data one can acquire in Real-Time Windows Target 3.3 (R2009a)

Question

I would like to know if there is a limitation on how many samples I can acquire using the Real-Time Windows Target?

Answer 1

There is no limitation on the number of data one can acquire using Real-Time Windows Target.

The limitation on how many data one can acquire is imposed by the hardware rather than software. If one is facing 'out of memory' issue, he/she can try shortening the acquisition buffer to the length where it works reliably using the Duration parameter and to use the Data Archiving feature of External Mode to save multiple data buffers to disk. This way, the number of acquired data samples is virtually unlimited (limited only by available disk space). The acquired data from individual saved buffers can be then read and concatenated by MATLAB if desired.