Real-Time Windows Target 3.2

Product Description

• Introduction and Key Features
• Working with Real-Time Windows Target
• Testing Your Model in Real Time
• Connecting Physical Devices with Real-Time Windows Target

Working with Real-Time Windows Target

Tight integration with Simulink external mode makes it easy to use Real-Time Windows Target with Simulink. You can run your Simulink models in real time and interface with physical devices. Using your PC, you can implement real-time control, hardware-in-the-loop simulation, and other real-time applications from the Simulink environment.

Real-Time Workshop (required, available separately) generates C code and creates a binary file using the supplied C compiler. The resulting binary file is ready to run in real time on your Windows-based PC.

In Simulink external mode, the Real-Time Windows Target kernel loads the application file into memory and establishes a connection with Simulink. You can then control model execution, data logging, parameter tuning, signal viewing, and starting or stopping real-time execution from the Simulink toolbar.

You can view your dynamic systems as they are running in real-time using Virtual Reality Toolbox (available separately).

Simulink dialog boxes and menus being used to control Real-Time Windows Target. You can generate and compile C code for your model (1), connect to the target to load it into memory (2), and start real-time code execution (3). Click on image to see enlarged view.

Tuning Parameters

Simulink external mode enables your Simulink block diagram to communicate with your real-time model. It lets you change parameters by editing the block diagram while running Simulink in external mode. New parameter values are automatically transferred to the real-time application.

Capturing and Displaying Signals in Real Time

By using Real-Time Windows Target with Simulink external mode, you can capture signals from your real-time model and display them with the standard Simulink Scope blocks. No additional Simulink blocks are needed. Additionally, you can view signals on graphical displays within the model using Gauges Blockset (available separately).

Logging Data to MAT-Files

You can store run-time data using the Simulink external mode data archiving capability. Real-Time Windows Target can also capture a series of data bursts and save the data to a file. You can select a single burst of data or a series of bursts to be stored automatically in MAT-files. You can access the data in MATLAB® for additional analysis and visualization.