Get Started with Simulink Real-Time

Simulink^® Real-Time™ lets you create real-time applications from Simulink models and run them on Speedgoat^® target computer hardware connected to your physical system. It is designed for real-time simulation and testing tasks, including rapid control prototyping (RCP), DSP and vision system prototyping, and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation.

With Simulink Real-Time you can extend your Simulink models with blocks from the Speedgoat I/O Blockset and automatically build real-time applications. Tests can be automated or run interactively on a Speedgoat target computer equipped with a real-time kernel, multicore CPUs, I/O and protocol interfaces, and FPGAs.

Simulink Real-Time and Speedgoat target computer hardware are designed to work together to create real-time systems for desktop, lab, and field environments. The software and hardware solution supports the latest versions of MATLAB^® and Simulink.

Tutorials

• Set Up and Configure Simulink Real-Time
  

  Configure your target computer for executing real-time applications.

• Create and Run Real-Time Application from Simulink Model
  

  Adapt a Simulink model to run as a real-time model on a target computer.

• Configure and Control Real-Time Application by Using Simulink Real-Time Explorer
  

  Use Simulink Real-Time Explorer to run a real-time application and tune parameters.

• Apply Simulink Real-Time Model Template to Create Real-Time Application
  

  Create a model from the Simulink Real-Time model template and build a real-time application.

Development Computer Setup and Configuration

• Development Computer Requirements
  

  Configuring the CPU, peripherals, and Ethernet interface of the development computer.

• Enable Development Computer Communication (Windows)
  

  Configure a Windows development computer to communicate with the target computer via Ethernet.

• Install Development Computer Software
  

  Installing Simulink Real-Time on the development computer.

Target Computer Setup and Configuration

• Target Computer Settings
  

  Configure the Simulink Real-Time environment as required by the target computer. Speedgoat target machines support PCI bus Ethernet cards.

• Real-Time Application and Target Computer Modes
  

  Run real-time applications by using the target computer in connected mode, standalone mode, or external mode. Speedgoat target machines boot the QNX^® Neutrino^® RTOS and then you run real-time applications in the selected target computer mode.

• Target Computer Status Monitor
  

  Monitor standalone real-time applications with the target computer status monitor application.

• Speedgoat Target Computers and Speedgoat Support
  

  Speedgoat provides target computers that are expressly designed to support Simulink Real-Time.

• Speedgoat Target Computers and I/O Hardware
  

  Choose a Speedgoat target computer and I/O hardware.

About Real-Time Simulation

• Simulink Real-Time Workflows
  

  Select deployment, operation mode, and application interface that matches your Simulink Real-Time workflow.

• Real-Time Simulation and Testing
  

  Run, visualize, and tune the execution of a real-time model.

• Configuration and Control Target Computer
  

  Configuring and controlling Simulink Real-Time interactively and by writing scripts and programs.

• Speedgoat Target Computers and Speedgoat Support
  

  Speedgoat provides target computers that are expressly designed to support Simulink Real-Time.

• Build and Deploy a Real-Time Application
  

  Create a standalone real-time application on the development computer.

• Deploy and Configure a Startup Real-Time Application
  

  Set start up application.

• Internationalization Issues
  

  Learn about Simulink Real-Time support for internationalization.

Featured Examples

Data Logging with Simulation Data Inspector (SDI)

Use a Simulink® Real-Time™ log of signal data and the Simulation Data Inspector. Signals are logged during model execution.

Open Script

Target to Host Transmission by Using UDP

Use UDP blocks to send data from a target computer to a development computer.

Open Script