Real-Time Workshop User's Guide

Targeting Real-Time Systems

This chapter provides information necessary to implement a custom target configuration, including the followng topics:

• Introduction. Motivation for implementing a custom target configuration.
• Components of a Custom Target Configuration. Overview of the code and control files that make up a custom target configuration.
• Tutorial: Creating a Custom Target Configuration. A hands-on exercise in building a custom rapid prototyping target.
• Customizing the Build Process. Information on the structure of system target files (System Target File Structure) and template makefiles (Template Makefiles), and how to modify them.
• Adding a Custom Target to the System Target File Browser. How to make your custom target configuration available to users via the System Target File Browser.
• Creating Device Drivers. Implementation of device drivers as S-Function blocks, including both inlined and noninlined drivers.
• Interfacing Parameters and Signals. Guidelines for use of the Real-Time Workshop signal monitoring and parameter tuning APIs.
• Creating an External Mode Communication Channel. How to support external mode on your custom target, using your own low-level communications layer.
• Combining Multiple Models. Strategies for combining several models (or several instances of the same model) into a single executable.

Supported Blocks

Introduction