MATLAB Link for Code Composer Studio Development Tools

Preface

About MATLAB Link for Code Composer Studio Development Tools	Presents an overview of the product
Related Products	Introduces products that expand the capabilities of this toolbox
Using This Guide	Describes this User's Guide, its organization, and things you should know
Configuration Information	Points out how to tell if this product is installed on your computer
Typographical Conventions	Explains the way we use different fonts to mean different things, such as variables or functions

About MATLAB Link for Code Composer Studio Development Tools

MATLAB Link for Code Composer Studio Development Tools lets you use MATLAB functions to communicate with Code Composer Studio^TM and with information stored in memory and registers on a target. With the links you can transfer information to and from Code Composer Studio and with the embedded objects you get information about data and functions stored in your signal processor memory and registers, as well as information about functions in your project.

Note Both the links and the embedded objects are objects, and you work with them in the same way you use all MATLAB objects. You can set and get their properties, and use their methods to change them or manipulate them.

With MATLAB Link for Code Composer Studio, you create two kinds of objects:

Links that connect MATLAB to Code Composer Studio. For information about using links, refer to Requirements for MATLAB Link for Code Composer Studio.
Embedded objects you create that provide access to data and functions in your project in Code Composer Studio and on your target. The link objects let you use the embedded objects to access your target. Refer to About Objects for MATLAB Link Software for more information about using the embedded objects, their properties, and their methods.

Supported Hardware for Links to CCS IDE and RTDX

Using the C6000 target in Real-Time Workshop^®, the MATLAB Link for Code Composer Studio supports the following boards produced by TI.

Supported Board Designation
Board Description

TMS320C6701 EVM
C6701 Evaluation Module.

TMS320C6711 DSK
C6711 DSP Starter Kit.

C6xxx simulators in CCS
Digital signal processor simulators in CCS. You can generate code to the simulators if you have Embedded Target for the TI TMS320C6000 DSP Platform product, and use CCS and RTDX links with them.

Supported Board Designation	Board Description
TMS320C6701 EVM	C6701 Evaluation Module.
TMS320C6711 DSK	C6711 DSP Starter Kit.
C6xxx simulators in CCS	Digital signal processor simulators in CCS. You can generate code to the simulators if you have Embedded Target for the TI TMS320C6000 DSP Platform product, and use CCS and RTDX links with them.

Links for RTDX and CCS work with any board that CCS supports. You can link to any hardware that appears in the CCS Setup Utility.

MATLAB Link for Code Composer Studio provides three components that work with and use CCS IDE and TI Real-Time Data Exchange (RTDX^TM):

Link for Code Composer Studio IDE -- lets you use objects to create links between CCS IDE and MATLAB ^®. From the command window, you can run applications in CCS IDE, send to and receive data from target memory, and check the processor status, as well as other functions such as starting and stopping applications running on your digital signal processors.
Link for Real-Time Data Exchange Interface -- provides a communications pathway between MATLABand digital signal processors installed on your PC. Using objects in the MATLAB Link for Code Composer Studio, you open channels to processors on boards in your computer and send and retrieve data about the processors and executing applications, as well as send data to the processes for use and get data from the applications.
Embedded Objects--provides object methods and properties that let you access and manipulate information stored in memory and registers on digital signal processors, or in your Code Composer Studio project. From MATLAB you gather information from you project, work with the information in MATLAB, doing things like converting data types, creating function declarations, or changing values, and return the information to your project--all from the MATLAB command line.