Using Composite Signals (Simulink®)

• Getting Started

Overview

Tool for Model-Based Design

Tool for Simulation

Tool for Analysis

How Simulink Software Interacts with the MATLAB Environment

Model-Based Design

Modeling Process

Opening the Simulink Library Browser

Creating a New Simulink Model

Opening an Existing Model

Simulink Library Browser

Simulink Editor Window

Adding Blocks to a Model

Moving Blocks in the Model

Block Connections in a Model

Drawing Lines Between Blocks

Drawing a Branch Line

Setting Simulation Options

Running a Simulation and Observing Results

Overview of the Demo Model

Opening the Demo Model

Anatomy of the Demo Model

Subsystems in the Demo Model

Subsystems and Masks

Creating a Subsystem

Creating a Subsystem Mask

Running the Simulation

Changing the Thermostat Setting

Changing the Average outdoor Temperature

Changing the Daily Temperature Variation

Importing Data from the MATLAB Workspace

Exporting Simulation Data to the MATLAB Workspace

For Logging Output Signals

Creating a Figure from a Plot

Saving and Printing a Figure

• User's Guide

• Introduction to Simulink

• Modeling Dynamic Systems

• Simulating Dynamic Systems

• Managing Blocks

• Managing Data

• Managing Signals

• Working with Signals

• Using Composite Signals

• About Composite Signals

Composite Signal Terminology

Types of Simulink Buses

Getting Information about Buses

Buses and Muxes

Bus Objects

Bus Code

Creating and Accessing a Bus

• Nesting Buses

Circular Bus Definitions

Bus-Capable Blocks

• Using Bus Objects

About Bus Objects

Bus Object Capabilities

Associating Bus Objects with Simulink Blocks

• Using the Bus Editor

Introduction

Opening the Bus Editor

Displaying Bus Objects

Creating Bus Objects

Creating Bus Elements

Nesting Bus Definitions

Changing Bus Entities

Exporting Bus Objects

Importing Bus Objects

Closing the Bus Editor

• Filtering Displayed Bus Objects

Filtering by Name

Filtering by Relationship

Changing Filtered Objects

Clearing the Filter

• Customizing Bus Object Import and Export

Prerequisites for Customization

Writing a Bus Object Import Function

Writing a Bus Object Export Function

Registering Customizations

Changing Customizations

Using the Bus Object API

• Virtual and Nonvirtual Buses

Introduction

Creating Nonvirtual Buses

Nonvirtual Bus Sample Times

Automatic Bus Conversion

Explicit Bus Conversion

• Connecting Buses to Inports and Outports

Connecting Buses to Root Level Inports

Connecting Buses to Root Level Outports

Connecting Buses to Nonvirtual Inports

Connecting Buses to Model, Stateflow, and MATLAB Function Blocks

Connecting Multi-Rate Buses to Referenced Models

• Specifying Initial Conditions for Bus Signals

Bus Signal Initialization

Creating Initial Condition (IC) Structures

Three Ways to Initialize Bus Signals Using Block Parameters

Setting Diagnostics to Support Bus Signal Initialization

• Combining Buses into an Array of Buses

What Is an Array of Buses?

Benefits of an Array of Buses

Blocks That Support Arrays of Buses

Array of Buses Limitations

Defining an Array of Buses

Using an Array of Buses in a Model

Generated Code for an Array of Buses

Converting a Model to Use an Array of Buses

Buses and Libraries

• Avoiding Mux/Bus Mixtures

Introduction

Using Diagnostics for Mux/Bus Mixtures

Using the Model Advisor for Mux/Bus Mixtures

Correcting Buses Used as Muxes

Bus to Vector Block Compatibility Issues

Avoiding Mux/Bus Mixtures When Developing Models

Buses in Generated Code

Composite Signal Limitations

• Working with Variable-Size Signals

• Customizing Simulink Environment and Printed Models

• Developing S-Functions

• Reference

• Modeling Guidelines

• Blocks

• Functions

Examples

• Release Notes

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