| Using Simulink |
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- To the Reader
- What Is Simulink?
- Using This Manual
- Related Products
- Typographical Conventions
- Running a Demo Model
- Description of the Demo
- Some Things to Try
- What This Demo Illustrates
- Other Useful Demos
- Building a Simple Model
- Setting Simulink Preferences
- Simulink Preferences
- What Is Simulink
- Modeling Dynamic Systems
- Block Diagrams
- Blocks
- States
- System Functions
- Block Parameters
- Continuous Versus Discrete Blocks
- Subsystems
- Custom Blocks
- Signals
- Data Types
- Solvers
- Simulating Dynamic Systems
- Model Initialization Phase
- Model Execution Phase
- Processing at Each Time Step
- Determining Block Update Order
- Atomic Versus Virtual Subsystems
- Solvers
- Zero-Crossing Detection
- Algebraic Loops
- Modeling and Simulating Discrete Systems
- Specifying Sample Time
- Purely Discrete Systems
- Multirate Systems
- Determining Step Size for Discrete Systems
- Sample Time Propagation
- Invariant Constants
- Mixed Continuous and Discrete Systems
- Starting Simulink
- Opening Models
- Entering Simulink Commands
- Using the Simulink Menu Bar to Enter Commands
- Using Context-Sensitive Menus to Enter Commands
- Using the Simulink Toolbar to Enter Commands
- Using the MATLAB Window to Enter Commands
- Undoing a Command
- Simulink Windows
- Status Bar
- Zooming Block Diagrams
- Saving a Model
- Saving a Model in Earlier Formats
- Printing a Block Diagram
- Print Dialog Box
- Print Command
- Specifying Paper Size and Orientation
- Positioning and Sizing a Diagram
- Generating a Model Report
- Model Report Options
- Summary of Mouse and Keyboard Actions
- Manipulating Blocks
- Manipulating Lines
- Ending a Simulink Session
- Creating a New Model
- Selecting Objects
- Selecting One Object
- Selecting More Than One Object
- Specifying Block Diagram Colors
- Choosing a Custom Color
- Defining a Custom Color
- Specifying Colors Programmatically
- Enabling Sample Time Colors
- Connecting Blocks
- Automatically Connecting Blocks
- Manually Connecting Blocks
- Disconnecting Blocks
- Annotating Diagrams
- Using TeX Formatting Commands in Annotations
- Creating Subsystems
- Creating a Subsystem by Adding the Subsystem Block
- Creating a Subsystem by Grouping Existing Blocks
- Model Navigation Commands
- Window Reuse
- Labeling Subsystem Ports
- Controlling Access to Subsystems
- Creating Conditionally Executed Subsystems
- Enabled Subsystems
- Triggered Subsystems
- Triggered and Enabled Subsystems
- Control Flow Blocks
- Model Discretizer
- Requirements
- Discretizing a Model from the Model Discretizer GUI
- Viewing the Discretized Model
- Discretizing Blocks from the Simulink Model
- Discretizing a Model from the MATLAB Command Window
- Using Callback Routines
- Tracing Callbacks
- Creating Model Callback Functions
- Creating Block Callback Functions
- Port Callback Parameters
- Managing Model Versions
- Specifying the Current User
- Model Properties Dialog Box
- Creating a Model Change History
- Version Control Properties
- About Blocks
- Block Data Tips
- Virtual Blocks
- Editing Blocks
- Copying and Moving Blocks from One Window to Another
- Moving Blocks in a Model
- Copying Blocks in a Model
- Deleting Blocks
- Setting Block Parameters
- Setting Block-Specific Parameters
- Block Properties Dialog Box
- State Properties Dialog Box
- Changing a Block's Appearance
- Changing the Orientation of a Block
- Resizing a Block's Icon
- Displaying Parameters Beneath a Block's Icon
- Using Drop Shadows
- Manipulating Block Names
- Specifying a Block's Color
- Controlling and Displaying Block Execution Order
- Assigning Block Priorities
- Displaying Block Execution Order
- Look-Up Table Editor
- Browsing LUT Blocks
- Editing Table Values
- Displaying N-D Tables
- Plotting LUT Tables
- Editing Custom LUT Blocks
- Working with Block Libraries
- Terminology
- Simulink Block Library
- Creating a Library
- Modifying a Library
- Creating a Library Link
- Disabling Library Links
- Modifying a Linked Subsystem
- Propagating Link Modifications
- Updating a Linked Block
- Breaking a Link to a Library Block
- Finding the Library Block for a Reference Block
- Library Link Status
- Displaying Library Links
- Getting Information About Library Blocks
- Browsing Block Libraries
- Adding Libraries to the Library Browser
- Signal Basics
- About Signals
- Control Signals
- Signal Buses
- Signal Glossary
- Determining Output Signal Dimensions
- Signal and Parameter Dimension Rules
- Scalar Expansion of Inputs and Parameters
- Setting Signal Properties
- Signal Properties Dialog Box
- Working with Complex Signals
- Checking Signal Connections
- Displaying Signals
- Signal Names
- Signal Labels
- Displaying Signals Represented by Virtual Signals
- Working with Signal Groups
- Creating a Signal Group Set
- The Signal Builder Dialog Box
- Editing Signal Groups
- Editing Signals
- Editing Waveforms
- Signal Builder Time Range
- Exporting Signal Group Data
- Simulating with Signal Groups
- Simulation Options Dialog Box
- Working with Data Types
- Data Types Supported by Simulink
- Fixed-Point Data
- Block Support for Data and Numeric Signal Types
- Specifying Block Parameter Data Types
- Creating Signals of a Specific Data Type
- Displaying Port Data Types
- Data Type Propagation
- Data Typing Rules
- Enabling Strict Boolean Type Checking
- Typecasting Signals
- Typecasting Parameters
- Working with Data Objects
- Data Object Classes
- Creating Data Objects
- Accessing Data Object Properties
- Invoking Data Object Methods
- Saving and Loading Data Objects
- Using Data Objects in Simulink Models
- Creating Data Object Classes
- The Simulink Data Explorer
- Associating User Data with Blocks
- Modeling Equations
- Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit
- Modeling a Simple Continuous System
- Avoiding Invalid Loops
- Tips for Building Models
- Finding Objects
- Filter Options
- Search Criteria
- The Model Browser
- Using the Model Browser on Windows
- Using the Model Browser on UNIX
- Simulation Basics
- Specifying Simulation Parameters
- Controlling Execution of a Simulation
- Interacting with a Running Simulation
- The Simulation Parameters Dialog Box
- The Solver Pane
- The Workspace I/O Pane
- The Diagnostics Pane
- The Advanced Pane
- Diagnosing Simulation Errors
- Simulation Diagnostic Viewer
- Creating Custom Simulation Error Messages
- Improving Simulation Performance and Accuracy
- Speeding Up the Simulation
- Improving Simulation Accuracy
- Running a Simulation Programmatically
- Using the sim Command
- Using the set_param Command
- Viewing Output Trajectories
- Using the Scope Block
- Using Return Variables
- Using the To Workspace Block
- Linearizing Models
- Finding Steady-State Points
- About Masks
- Mask Features
- Creating Masks
- Masked Subsystem Example
- Creating Mask Dialog Box Prompts
- Creating the Block Description and Help Text
- Creating the Block Icon
- Masking a Subsystem
- The Mask Editor
- The Icon Pane
- The Parameters Pane
- Control Types
- The Initialization Pane
- The Documentation Pane
- Linking Mask Parameters to Block Parameters
- Creating Dynamic Dialogs for Masked Blocks
- Setting Masked Block Dialog Parameters
- Predefined Masked Dialog Parameters
- Introduction
- Starting the Debugger
- Starting the Simulation
- Using the Debugger's Command-Line Interface
- Block Indexes
- Accessing the MATLAB Workspace
- Getting Online Help
- Running a Simulation
- Continuing a Simulation
- Running a Simulation Nonstop
- Advancing to the Next Block
- Advancing to the Next Time Step
- Setting Breakpoints
- Setting Breakpoints at Blocks
- Setting Breakpoints at Time Steps
- Breaking on Nonfinite Values
- Breaking on Step-Size Limiting Steps
- Breaking at Zero Crossings
- Displaying Information About the Simulation
- Displaying Block I/O
- Displaying Algebraic Loop Information
- Displaying System States
- Displaying Integration Information
- Displaying Information About the Model
- Displaying a Model's Block Execution Order
- Displaying a Block
- Debugger Command Summary
- About the Simulink Performance Tools Option
- The Simulink Accelerator
- Accelerator Limitations
- How the Accelerator Works
- Runnning the Simulink Accelerator
- Handling Changes in Model Structure
- Increasing Performance of Accelerator Mode
- Blocks That Do Not Show Speed Improvements
- Using the Simulink Accelerator with the Simulink Debugger
- Interacting with the Simulink Accelerator Programmatically
- Comparing Performance
- Customizing the Simulink Accelerator Build Process
- Controlling S-Function Execution
- Graphical Merge Tool
- Comparing Models
- The Graphical Merge Tool Window
- Navigating Model Differences
- Merging Model Differences
- Generating a Model Differences Report
- Profiler
- How the Profiler Works
- Enabling the Profiler
- The Simulation Profile
- Model Coverage Tool
- How the Model Coverage Tool Works
- Using the Model Coverage Tool
- Creating and Running Test Cases
- The Coverage Report
- Coverage Settings Dialog Box
- HTML Settings
- Model Coverage Commands
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