reading .bin files

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this can be done with this file:
https://github.com/neurogears/ranson-rig/blob/master/src/matlab/harpread.m

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this may be an updated version:
function data = harpread(filePath)
fid = fopen(filePath,'r');
data = fread(fid,'*uint8'); % read data as raw binary
stride = data(2) + 2; % size of each message
count = length(data) / int32(stride); % number of messages in file
payloadsize = stride - 12; % size of each message payload
payloadtype = bitand(data(5), bitcmp(uint8(0x10))); % the type of payload data
elementsize = bitand(payloadtype, uint8(0x3)); % the size in bytes of each element
payloadshape = [count, payloadsize / elementsize]; % the dimensions of the data matrix
messages = reshape(data, stride, count);
% structure all message data
seconds = typecast(reshape(messages(6:9, :),[],1), 'uint32'); % the seconds part of the timestamp
ticks = typecast(reshape(messages(10:11, :),[],1), 'uint16'); % the 32-microsecond ticks part of each timestamp
seconds = double(ticks) * 32e-6 + double(seconds); % the message timestamp

payload = messages(12:12 + payloadsize - 1, :);     % extract the payload data
switch payloadtype                                  % get the payload data type
case 1
    dtype = 'uint8';
case 2
    dtype = 'uint16';
case 4
    dtype = 'uint32';
case 8
    dtype = 'uint64';
case 129
    dtype = 'int8';
case 130
    dtype = 'int16';
case 132
    dtype = 'int32';
case 136
    dtype = 'int64';
case 68
    dtype = 'float32';
end

payload = typecast(payload, dtype);                 % convert payload data type
payload = reshape(payload, elementsize, count)';    % reshape into final data matrix
data = [seconds double(payload)];                   % convert data to double and return

end