xPC Target

What Is xPC Target?

xPC Target is a host-target PC solution for prototyping, testing, and deploying real-time systems. It is an environment where the host and target computers are different computers.

In this environment you use your desktop PC as a host computer with MATLAB®, Simulink®, and Stateflow® (optional) to create models using Simulink blocks and Stateflow diagrams. After creating a model, you can run simulations in nonreal-time.

You can than use your host computer with Real-Time Workshop®, Stateflow Coder (optional) and a C compiler to create executable code. After creating the executable code, you can run your target application in real time on a second PC compatible system.

• Special hardware requirements - The xPC Target software requires a host PC, target PC, and for I/O, the target PC must also have I/O boards supported by xPC Target.
• Special software requirements - The xPC Target software requires either a Microsoft Visual C/C++ compiler (version 5.0 or 6.0) or a Watcom C/C++ compiler (version 10.6 or 11.0). In addition, xPC Target requires, MATLAB, Simulink, and Real-Time Workshop.
• xPC Target Embedded Option requirements - The xPC Target Embedded Option is a separate product that requires an additional licence from The MathWorks. With this additional licence, you can deploy an unlimited number of real-time applications for stand alone operation.

This option allows you to boot the target PC from an alternate device other than a floppy disk drive such as a hard disk drive or flash memory. It also allows you to create stand-alone applications on the target PC independent from the host PC.

Introduction

Features of xPC Target