Modernize your classroom with live data to transform how students model modern scientific and engineering practices. Â
Do you want to measure wind speed from an anemometer? Model the impact of the brain colliding with the skull? Determine the electroconductivity of a solution? Excel’s Data Streamer add-in supports capturing, visualizing, and analyzing real-time sensor data in Excel.  Â
Data Streamer empowers students with a simple way to move data from the physical world in-and-out of Excel’s powerful digital canvas. With a sensor, a microcontroller, and Excel, Data Streamer introduces students to the worlds of data science and the internet of things (IoT).  Â
Note: Data Streamer is available for free to all Microsoft 365 subscribers. If you are a Microsoft 365 subscriber, make sure you have the latest version of Office.
How it works
Data Streamer is a two-way data transfer for Excel that streams live data from a microcontroller into Excel, and sends data from Excel back to the microcontroller.
To get data from a sensor into an Excel workbook, connect the sensor to a microcontroller that is connected to a Windows 10 PC or Windows 11 PC. Excel’s Data Streamer add-in also needs to be enabled, and a workbook needs to be opened. Â
Follow these steps to start streaming real-time data in Excel:
Data Streamer settings
Data Streamer workbooks can be customized to fit your needs. To change how data is displayed and other user interface settings, use these links:Â
Need more help?
You can always ask an expert in the Excel Tech Community or get support in Communities.
