advanced objects in MATLAB GUI?

I am a huge fan of MATLAB and use it everyday in my professional life. However, one thing that really surprises me is how limited the objects are that can be placed on a MATLAB GUI. There are slider bars, images, buttons, and drop down lists. But what about something like a dial (as in a frequency tuner) or a gauge? Am I missing something that already exists in MATLAB? Or is there a reason why the objects available are so limited?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

For Simulink there is http://www.mathworks.com/help/gauges/index.html but that uses ActiveX and is available for 32 bit Windows only.

There is http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/20431-dial

There are a series of JFreeChart demos such as at http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/30436-dialplot-demo-2

There is http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/50516-gauges-for-simmechanics Gauges for SimMechanics

Also, http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/37955-two-gauges and http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/21312-activex-control-example-in-gui

And one or two more that are more specific to strain gauges.

Not a lot, but this is what is there.