Modeling Physical Systems and Building Real-Time Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulations

Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Hotel Baronette
Novi, Michigan

Morning Session, 8:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Modeling Physical Systems for Control System Development with Simulink

Afternoon Session, 12:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Rapid Prototyping and Hardware-in-the-Loop Using Simulink, Stateflow,
and xPC Target

Seminar Overview

Join us for this complimentary two-part, all-day, seminar to learn how you can achieve faster and more effective controls development and verification by modeling physical systems in Simulink® and then deploying them in real time.

You may choose to attend the morning session, the afternoon session, or both. If you attend both the morning and afternoon sessions, lunch is on us!

In the morning session, Modeling Physical Systems for Control System Development with Simulink, MathWorks engineers will show you how to:

• Build intuitive system-level models quickly and easily
• Model and optimize both the controller and plant in the Simulink environment
• Develop and correlate multidomain physical models for fluid control systems, vehicle driveline, and electric motor drives
• Balance simulation speed and model fidelity

View the morning agenda.

In the afternoon session, Rapid Prototyping and Hardware-in-the-Loop Using Simulink, Stateflow, and xPC Target, MathWorks engineers and system integration partners will show you how to:

• Build and cost-effectively deploy real-time systems using Simulink and Stateflow®
• Execute models in a real-time environment on a PC platform using Real-Time Workshop® and xPC Target™
• Reuse plant models (that emulate hardware) to perform hardware-in-the loop (HIL) testing

View the afternoon agenda.

HIL testing lets you perform real-time simulation-based testing of software with pieces of the end hardware system while simulating components that are unavailable or inaccessible in a laboratory environment. Building rapid prototypes and HIL systems can significantly accelerate your product development cycle and simplify your overall system verification and validation tasks.

Who Should Attend

Basic knowledge of Simulink is helpful but not required. This seminar is important for anyone who is involved in the design of multidomain physical systems with controls, including:

• Control engineers
• System engineers
• Embedded software engineers
• Electrical engineers
• Mechanical engineers
• Hydraulic engineers
• Test engineers

Morning Agenda
Modeling Physical Systems for Control System Development with Simulink
8:15 a.m.	Check-in and continental breakfast
8:45 a.m.	Overview of The MathWorks and Model-Based Design for embedded control systems
9:30 a.m.	Building plant models to support control system and algorithm development within Simulink Creating intuitive multidomain models Modeling the controller and plant together Testing the controller with HIL simulation
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	Enabling Model-Based Design for your entire system Requirements mapping System optimization Model fidelity considerations
11:30 a.m.	Wrap-up and Q&A
12:00 p.m.	Complimentary lunch
Afternoon Agenda
Rapid Prototyping and Hardware-in-the-Loop Using Simulink, Stateflow, and xPC Target
12:30 p.m.	Check-in for afternoon session–only attendees
1:00 p.m.	The MathWorks: Deploying Simulink models cost effectively using a MathWorks approved HIL environment
2:00 p.m.	Pathway Technologies: Integrating rapid prototypes for control design and HIL into the system design process
2:30 p.m.	Break
2:45 p.m.	ADI: Closed-loop engine simulations using xPC Target
3:15 p.m.	Opal-RT: Simulating models in real time
3:45 p.m.	Break
4:00 p.m.	The MathWorks: Wrap-up and Q&A