We use Data Physics Quattro systems in our Mechanical Systems Lab II course. The class is a Senior year introduction to structural testing via a set of bench top lab experiments. During the course of the semester, the students are introduced to accelerometers, instrumented hammers, filtering, damping measurements, and a final project focusing on damping optimization or a modal analysis test/FEA project of a simple geometry. Most students do not have any history with sampling or data acquisition prior to the start of the course. As such, we introduce data acquisition topics one at a time during each test lab. The Matlab API interface is very handy for this as the students can be given a pre-written Matlab script with many options for data acquisition already locked in for them so that they are only focusing on the topic at hand. As we move towards the end of the semester, we transition over to the Data Physics 900 Series software where the student has more control over the configuration of the experiment. We typically use the 900 Series software for the Damping Measurement and the Final Project. We use the Matlab API for the preliminary labs Accelerometers, Force Calibration, and Sound Speed. I feel like the ability to pre-configure experiments for the students to focus on specific topics makes it a very effective tool for course learning.