Boxes :: Stateflow Chart Notation (Stateflow®)

Contents

Index

• Getting Started

• User Guide

• Stateflow Chart Concepts

• Stateflow Chart Notation

• Overview of Stateflow Objects

• Rules for Naming Stateflow Objects

• States

• Transitions

• Transition Connections

• Default Transitions

• Connective Junctions

• History Junctions

• Graphical Functions

• Boxes

What Is a Box?

Example of Using a Box

• Stateflow Chart Semantics

• Creating Stateflow Charts

• Modeling Logic Patterns and Iterative Loops Using Flow Graphs

• Building Mealy and Moore Charts

• Extending Stateflow Charts

• Defining Data

• Defining Events

• Using Actions in Stateflow Charts

• Saving and Restoring Simulations Using SimState

• Using Vectors and Matrices in Stateflow Charts

• Using Variable-Size Data in Stateflow Charts

• Using Enumerated Data in Stateflow Charts

• Modeling Continuous-Time Systems in Stateflow Charts

• Using Fixed-Point Data in Stateflow Charts

• Using Complex Data in Stateflow Charts

• Defining Interfaces to Simulink Models and the MATLAB Workspace

• Working with Structures and Bus Signals in Stateflow Charts

• Stateflow Design Patterns

• Truth Table Functions

• Using Embedded MATLAB Functions in Stateflow Charts

• Using Simulink Functions in Stateflow Charts

• Building Targets

• Debugging and Testing Stateflow Charts

• Exploring and Modifying Charts

• Semantic Rules Summary

• Semantic Examples

Glossary

• Using the API

• API Object Reference

• API Object Properties and Methods

API Method Reference

• Blocks

• Functions

Examples

• Release Notes

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Boxes

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What Is a Box? Example of Using a Box

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What Is a Box?

Example of Using a Box

What Is a Box?

A box is a graphical object that organizes other objects in your chart, such as functions and states.

Example of Using a Box

In this example, the box Motor groups together related states Off and On.

For rules of using boxes and other examples, see Using Boxes to Extend Charts.

Graphical Functions

Stateflow Chart Semantics

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