User`s guide

1 Introduction to the Real-Time Workshop
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Introduction
The Real-Time Workshop, for use with MATLAB and Simulink, produces code
directly from Simulink models and automatically builds programs that can be
run in a variety of environments, including real-time systems and stand-alone
simulations.
With the Real-Time Workshop, you can run your Simulink model in real-time
on a remote processor. The Real-Time Workshop also enables you to run
high-speed stand-alone simulations on your host machine or on an external
computer.
Using the rapid prototyping process, you can shorten development cycles and
reduce costs. You can also use the Real-Time Workshop to implement
hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations.
This chapter presents an introduction to the Real-Time Workshop and
describes its relationship to Simulink and MATLAB. The chapter concludes
with a summary of the material contained in this manual and a description of
the examples that are bundled with the product.