User`s guide

1 Getting Started
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What Is the Real-Time Windows Target?
The Real-Time Windows Target is a PC solution for prototyping and testing
real-time systems. It is an environment where you use a single computer as a
host and target.
In this environment you use your desktop or laptop PC with MATLAB
®
,
Simulink
®
, and Stateflow
®
(optional) to create models using Simulink blocks
and Stateflow diagrams.
After creating a model and simulating it with Simulink in normal mode, you
can generate executable code with Real-Time Workshop
®
, Stateflow Coder
(optional), and the Open Watcom C/C++ compiler. Then you can run your
application in real time with Simulink external mode.
Integration between Simulink external mode and the Real-Time Windows
Target allows you to use your Simulink model as a graphical user interface for
•
Signal visualization — Use the same Simulink Scope blocks that you use to
visualize signals during a non-real-time simulation to visualize signals while
running a real-time application.
•
Parameter tuning — Use the Block Parameter dialog boxes to change
parameters in your application while it is running in real time.
Typical applications for the Real-Time Windows Target include
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Real-time control — Create a prototype of automotive, computer
peripheral, and instrumentation control systems.
•
Real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulation — Create a prototype of
controllers connected to a physical plant. For example, the physical plant
could be an automotive engine. Create a prototype of a plant connected to an
actual controller. For example, the prototyped plant could be an aircraft
engine.
•
Education — Teach concepts and procedures for modeling, simulating,
testing real-time systems, and iterating designs.