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Chapter 4: Getting Started
Model-Based Design using System Generator
Model-based design refers the design practice of creating a high-level executable specification using the standard
Simulink blocksets or MATLAB first to define the desired functional behavior with minimal hardware detail. This
executable spec is then used as a reference model while the hardware representation is specified using the Xilinx
DSP blockset.