User`s guide

The Real-Time Workshop
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The Real-Time Workshop
The Real-Time Workshop provides a real-time development environment that
features:
• A rapid and direct path from system design to implementation.
• Seamless integration with MATLAB and Simulink.
• A simple, easy to use interface.
• An open and extensible architecture.
• A fully configurable code generator — virtually every aspect of the generated
code can be configured by using the Target Language Compiler™.
• Fast design iterations by editing block diagrams and automatically building
a new executable.
The package includes application modules that allow you to build complete
programs targeting a wide variety of environments. Program building is fully
automated.
Real-Time Workshop Applications
The Real-Time Workshop is designed for a variety of applications. Some
examples include:
• Real-time control — You can design your control system using MATLAB and
Simulink and generate code from your block diagram model. You can then
compile and download it directly to your target hardware.
• Real-time signal processing — You can design your signal processing
algorithm using MATLAB and Simulink. The generated code from your block
diagram can then be compiled and downloaded to your target hardware.
• Hardware-in-the-loop simulation — You can create Simulink models that
mimic real-life measurement, system dynamics, and actuation signals.
Generated code from the model can be targeted on special purpose hardware
to provide a real-time representation of the physical system. Applications
include control system validation, training simulation, and fatigue testing
using simulated load variations.
• Interactive real-time parameter tuning — You can use Simulink as a front
end to your real-time program. This allows you to change parameters while
the program is executing.