Real-Time Windows Target    

Development Process

In the Real-Time Windows Target environment, you use your desktop PC with MATLAB, Simulink, Real-Time Workshop, and the Real-Time Windows Target to

  1. Design a control system -- Use MATLAB and the Control System Toolbox to design and select the system coefficients for your controller.
  2. Create a Simulink model -- Use Simulink blocks to graphically model your physical system.
  3. Run a simulation in nonreal time -- Check the behavior of your model before you create a real-time application. For example, you can check the stability of your model.
  4. Create a real-time application -- Real-Time Workshop generates C code from your Simulink model. A third-party C compiler compiles the C code to an executable that runs with the Real-Time Windows Target kernel.
  5. Run an application in real time -- Your desktop PC is the target computer to run the real-time application.
  6. Analyze and visualize signal data -- Use MATLAB functions to plot data saved to the MATLAB workspace or a disk.

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