RS232 I/O Support (xPC Target)

xPC Target

Introduction to RS-232 Drivers

xPC Target uses a model for supporting RS-232 I/O that includes both Simulink blocks for the I/O drivers, and MATLAB structures for sequencing messages and commands. This section includes the following topics:

Hardware Connections for RS-232 -- Connect the target PC to an RS-232 device.
Simulink Blocks for RS-232 -- Add setup, send, send/receive, and receive blocks to your Simulink model.
MATLAB Message Structures for RS-232 -- Create message structures to sequence instructions to and from the RS-232 device.
Host and Target PC Communication -- Consider limitations to using RS-232 for I/O on the target PC when using RS-232 communication between the host PC and target PC.

RS232 I/O Support Hardware Connections for RS-232