Matlab 2010a installation in Windows 7 64 bits

Good afternoon,

I am using Matlab 2010a to run a measurement testbench including several instruments such as a microwave generator and a digital oscilloscope.The OS is Windows 7 (64 bits).Having installed the latest Java version and instruments drivers, I tried to run the testbench 3 or 4 times but each time the execution breaks down with mostly a a Java-related error. Does anyone have any idea about this?

[Jan]

Without seeing the actual error message, a meaningful answer is hard to create. Therefore I assume, currently the best answer is: "no".

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

you can't do it on 64 bits, you have to create another partition with 32 bit system

[Walter Roberson]

That does not sound correct. If you run the 32 bit version of MATLAB then the compatibility portions of MS Windows allow 32 bit code to be run.

[Jason Ross]

It could be that the drivers for the instruments are 32-bit only. Windows can be persnickety when it comes to installing 32-bit drivers on a 64-bit OS. You are correct, though, that the 32-bit MATLAB application can run on 64-bit.

If the drivers are for 64-bit Windows, then it should be OK. If they are 32-bit drivers I could see having to run in the "real" 32-bit world. Another possibility would be using virtualization (VMWare Workstation, Xen, etc) to run the 32-bit Windows system on 64, but the chance of driver issues is high there, too, since the 32-bit driver has to attempt to work through the VM layer, and that can be tricky depending on the interface the instrument uses (PCI, USB, etc)