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Terminology

Some technical terms have different meanings. The following table lists some of the terms used with real-time systems and the meaning we use with xPC Target.

Term
Definition
application
See target application
build process
Process of generating a target application from your Simulink model, compiling, linking, and downloading the generated code to create a target application
execution
Running the target application on the target PC in real time
executable code
See target application
kernel
Real-time software component running on the target PC that manages the downloaded target application
model
Simulink/Stateflow model
parameter tuning
Process of changing block parameters and downloading the new values to a target application while it is running or not running
sample rate
Rate the target application is stepped in samples/second. Reciprocal of the sample time
sample time
Interval, in seconds, between the execution of a target application step
signal logging
Acquire and save signal data created during a real-time execution
signal monitoring
Get the values of one or more signals without time information
signal tracing
Acquire and display packages of signal data during real-time execution
simulation
Running a simulation of the Simulink and Stateflow model on the host PC in nonreal time
target application
Executable code generated from a Simulink and Stateflow model, which can be executed by the xPC Target kernel on the target PC


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