Arduino Target

Develop applications for the Arduino platform using Simulink®.

Description

Arduino (www.arduino.cc) is a low-cost open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino Target allows you to develop applications for the Arduino platform right from Simulink. The target includes blocks to interface with the I/O ports on the Arduino board as well as a target file that automatically compiles and downloads the application onto the board directly from Simulink.

For more information and installation instructions, see GettingStarted.html.

• Required Products: Real-Time Workshop; Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder; Simulink
• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a)
• Other requirements: Arduino Environment Only tested in Windows
• HTML Files: Getting Started with the Arduino Target

Other Files

arduino/arduino.tlc,
arduino/arduino.tmf,
arduino/arduino_default_set.m,
arduino/arduino_file_process.tlc,
arduino/arduino_make_rtw_hook.m,
arduino/arduino_opt_callback.m,
arduino/arduino_srmain.tlc,
arduino/arduinoTargetOptions.mat,
blocks/analog_input.c,
blocks/analog_input.mexw32,
blocks/analog_input.tlc,
blocks/analog_output.c,
blocks/analog_output.mexw32,
blocks/analog_output.tlc,
blocks/arduino_lib.mdl,
blocks/digital_input.c,
blocks/digital_input.mexw32,
blocks/digital_input.tlc,
blocks/digital_output.c,
blocks/digital_output.mexw32,
blocks/digital_output.tlc,
blocks/LCD_output.c,
blocks/LCD_output.mexw32,
blocks/LCD_output.tlc,
blocks/servo_output.c,
blocks/servo_output.mexw32,
blocks/servo_output.tlc,
blocks/sfcn_serialConfig.c,
blocks/sfcn_serialConfig.mexw32,
blocks/sfcn_serialConfig.tlc,
blocks/sfcn_serialRead.c,
blocks/sfcn_serialRead.mexw32,
blocks/sfcn_serialRead.tlc,
blocks/sfcn_serialWrite.c,
blocks/sfcn_serialWrite.mexw32,
blocks/sfcn_serialWrite.tlc,
blocks/slblocks.m,
examples/blink.mdl,
examples/serialCommunication.mdl,
examples/serialMonitor.mdl,
GettingStarted.m,
installArduino.m,
license.txt

[Matthew]

The code for "installArduino" has several tilde which do not pass the MATLAB compiler. As an example the very first line:
function installArduino(~) produces the error:
??? Error: File: installArduino.m Line: 1 Column: 25
Unexpected MATLAB operator.

The tilde exists at the location listed and stops the install program from executing. This same problem will cause the installation program to seize at several other points:
Line: 240 Column: 29 & 33
Line: 253 Column: 32
Line: 275 Column: 31
etc . . .

I am very interested in the practicality of this MATLAB & Simulink application. Please fix these problems so I can make good use of MATLAB and Arduino.
Thank you.

[Doug Eastman]

Hi Matthew, the ~ is a new construct that was introduced in R2009b. The files will be updated shortly with a version without ~'s that works in R2009a and latter. In the meantime, you can simply replace the ~'s with valid variable names (x1, x2, etc.).