Getting Started (Using Simulink)

Using Simulink

Related Products

The MathWorks provides several products that are especially relevant to the kinds of tasks you can perform with Simulink.

For more information about any of these products, see either

The online documentation for that product, if it is loaded or if you are reading the documentation from the CD

The MathWorks Web site, at www.mathworks.com; see the "products" section

See our Web page www.mathworks.com for the latest update on new products and capabilities. Also see the connections site www.mathworks.com/products/connections/ for third-party products compatible with Simulink.

Note The toolboxes listed below all include functions that extend the MATLAB environment. The blocksets all include blocks that extend the Simulink environment.

Product
Description

µ-Analysis and Synthesis Toolbox
Tools for robust control design using optimal control and the structured singular value

CDMA Reference Blockset
Simulink block libraries for the design and simulation of the IS-95A wireless communications standard

Communications Blockset
Simulink block libraries for modeling the physical layer of communications systems

Communications Toolbox
MATLAB functions for modeling the physical layer of communications systems

Control System Toolbox
An interactive environment for classical and modern control system design, analysis, and modeling

Dials & Gauges Blockset
Graphical instrumentation for monitoring and controlling signals and parameters in Simulink models

DSP Blockset
Simulink block libraries for the design, simulation, and prototyping of digital signal processing systems

Fixed-Point Blockset
Simulink blocks that model, simulate, and automatically generate pure integer code for fixed-point applications

Frequency Domain System Identification Toolbox
Tools for frequency domain model identification and validation

Motorola DSP Developer's Kit
Provides an object-oriented interface to program MEX-files or S-functions that call the appropriate Motorola Suite56^TM DSP Simulator.

Nonlinear Control Design (NCD) Blockset
Simulink block libraries that provide a time-domain-based optimization approach to system design; automatically tunes parameters based on user-defined time-domain performance constraints

Power System Blockset
Simulink block libraries for the design, simulation, and prototyping of electrical power systems

Real-Time Windows Target
Tool that allows you to run Simulink models interactively and in real time on your PC

Real-Time Workshop^®
Tools that generate customizable code from Simulink and Stateflow models for targeting real-time systems or speeding up simulations.

Real-Time Workshop Ada Coder
Tool that allows you to automatically generate Ada 95 code. It produces the code directly from Simulink models and automatically builds programs that can be run in real time in a variety of environments.

Real-Time Workshop Production Coder
Add on component for generating embeddable production quality code from Simulink models. Included are utilities and capabilities to verify generated code in a co-simulation and code generation interfacing options.

Requirements Management Interface
This interface helps you coordinate, track, and implement changes in design specifications (requirements) throughout the development cycle.

Robust Control Toolbox
Tools for advanced robust multivariable feedback control

Signal Processing Toolbox
Tools for algorithm development, signal and linear system analysis, and time-series data modeling

Simulink Performance Tools
Includes tools for comparing models and profiling and accelerating the performance of simulations.

Simulink Report Generator
Tool for documenting information in MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow in multiple output formats

Stateflow
Tool for graphical modeling and simulation of complex reactive systems

Stateflow Coder
Tool for generating highly readable, efficient C code from Stateflow diagrams

System Identification Toolbox
An interactive environment for building accurate, simplified models of complex systems from noisy time-series data

Developer's Kit for Texas Instruments DSP
Lets you generate, target, and execute Simulink models on the Texas Instruments (TI) C6701 Evaluation Module (C6701 EVM).

xPC Target
Tools for adding I/O blocks to Simulink block diagrams, generating code with Real-Time Workshop, and downloading the code to a second PC that runs the xPC Target real-time kernel. The xPC Target is ideal for rapid prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop testing of control and DSP systems.

Product	Description
µ-Analysis and Synthesis Toolbox	Tools for robust control design using optimal control and the structured singular value
CDMA Reference Blockset	Simulink block libraries for the design and simulation of the IS-95A wireless communications standard
Communications Blockset	Simulink block libraries for modeling the physical layer of communications systems
Communications Toolbox	MATLAB functions for modeling the physical layer of communications systems
Control System Toolbox	An interactive environment for classical and modern control system design, analysis, and modeling
Dials & Gauges Blockset	Graphical instrumentation for monitoring and controlling signals and parameters in Simulink models
DSP Blockset	Simulink block libraries for the design, simulation, and prototyping of digital signal processing systems
Fixed-Point Blockset	Simulink blocks that model, simulate, and automatically generate pure integer code for fixed-point applications
Frequency Domain System Identification Toolbox	Tools for frequency domain model identification and validation
Motorola DSP Developer's Kit	Provides an object-oriented interface to program MEX-files or S-functions that call the appropriate Motorola Suite56^TM DSP Simulator.
Nonlinear Control Design (NCD) Blockset	Simulink block libraries that provide a time-domain-based optimization approach to system design; automatically tunes parameters based on user-defined time-domain performance constraints
Power System Blockset	Simulink block libraries for the design, simulation, and prototyping of electrical power systems
Real-Time Windows Target	Tool that allows you to run Simulink models interactively and in real time on your PC
Real-Time Workshop^®	Tools that generate customizable code from Simulink and Stateflow models for targeting real-time systems or speeding up simulations.
Real-Time Workshop Ada Coder	Tool that allows you to automatically generate Ada 95 code. It produces the code directly from Simulink models and automatically builds programs that can be run in real time in a variety of environments.
Real-Time Workshop Production Coder	Add on component for generating embeddable production quality code from Simulink models. Included are utilities and capabilities to verify generated code in a co-simulation and code generation interfacing options.
Requirements Management Interface	This interface helps you coordinate, track, and implement changes in design specifications (requirements) throughout the development cycle.
Robust Control Toolbox	Tools for advanced robust multivariable feedback control
Signal Processing Toolbox	Tools for algorithm development, signal and linear system analysis, and time-series data modeling
Simulink Performance Tools	Includes tools for comparing models and profiling and accelerating the performance of simulations.
Simulink Report Generator	Tool for documenting information in MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow in multiple output formats
Stateflow	Tool for graphical modeling and simulation of complex reactive systems
Stateflow Coder	Tool for generating highly readable, efficient C code from Stateflow diagrams
System Identification Toolbox	An interactive environment for building accurate, simplified models of complex systems from noisy time-series data
Developer's Kit for Texas Instruments DSP	Lets you generate, target, and execute Simulink models on the Texas Instruments (TI) C6701 Evaluation Module (C6701 EVM).
xPC Target	Tools for adding I/O blocks to Simulink block diagrams, generating code with Real-Time Workshop, and downloading the code to a second PC that runs the xPC Target real-time kernel. The xPC Target is ideal for rapid prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop testing of control and DSP systems.

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