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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 C code 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
Main 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.
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/Stateflow model on the host PC in nonreal-time.
target application
Executable code generated from a Simulink/Stateflow model which can be executed by the xPC Target kernel on the target PC.


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