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Platform

Real-Time Windows Target rapid prototyping software is a self-targeting system where the host and the target computer are the same computer. You can install it on a PC-compatible computer running Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit or Microsoft Windows Vista 32–bit.

Real-Time Windows Target software requires the installation of the MATLAB environment, Simulink software, Real-Time Workshop code generation software, and the Real-Time Windows Target kernel.

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The MATLAB Environment

The MATLAB environment provides the design and analysis tools that you use when creating Simulink block diagrams. For information on using the MATLAB environment, see Getting Started with MATLAB, which explains how to work with data and how to use MATLAB functions. For a reference describing the functions supplied with the MATLAB environment, see the MATLAB Function Reference.

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Simulink Software

Simulink software provides an environment where you model your physical system and controller as a block diagram. You create the block diagram by using a mouse to connect blocks and a keyboard to edit block parameters. C code S-functions are supported by Real-Time Workshop code generation software.

Unsupported Simulink blocks — You can use Real-Time Windows Target software with most Simulink blocks including discrete-time and continuous-time systems. Real-Time Windows Target software does not support blocks that do not run in real time, nor does it support To File blocks.

Limitations with Real-Time Workshop code generation software — When you use a continuous-time system and generate code with Real-Time Workshop code generation software, you must use a fixed-step integration algorithm. However, M-code S-functions are not supported.

Real-Time Windows Target I/O driver blocks — With Real-Time Windows Target software, you can remove the physical system model and replace it with I/O driver blocks connected to your sensors and actuators. The Real-Time Windows Target I/O library supports more than 200 boards.

Note   Some of the functions on a board may not be supported by Real-Time Windows Target software. Check the MathWorks Web site for an updated list of supported boards and functions at Supported I/O Boards.

Simulink documentation — For information on Simulink software, see Simulink User's Guide, which explains how to connect blocks to build models and change block parameters. It also provides a reference that describes each block in the standard Simulink library.

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Real-Time Workshop Code Generation Software

Real-Time Workshop code generation software provides the utilities to convert your Simulink models into C code, and then, with the Open Watcom C/C++ compiler, compile the code into a real-time executable.

Real-Time Windows Target software is designed for maximum flexibility during rapid prototyping. This flexibility allows parameter tuning and signal tracing during a real-time run, but increases the size of the generated code. However, Real-Time Workshop code generation software provides other code formats that generate the more compact code needed for embedded applications.

Real-Time Workshop documentation — For information on code generation, see the Real-Time Workshop User's Guide.

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Installation and Configuration

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