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Matlab,guide and simulink

Hi..
I am responsible for control side of our graduate project which includes controlling 3 motors for 3 axes motion and processing data coming from a sensor.[3 motors + 1 sensor].I have created an interface using GUIDE.My question is how can i connect interface to simulink?.I have been told that if we use a data acquisition card,we can control motors and sensor data using simulink.So can you advise me about :

1)How to achieve this control process (running 3 servo motors and obtaining sensor data)

2) How to connect that control system to GUIDE interface? For example the user will enter 3 , 4 , 5 for x,y,z axes and push "start" button and the system will move to that position by running motors, and send back the sensor data at that position.

Can you give me some advice about this task and suggest me some "tutorials" ?
Thanks in advance

50 people read , and not even an answer?

Let me shorten my question (what im looking for is tutorial or book suggestion):
1)How to achieve this control process (running 3 servo motors and obtaining sensor data)

2) How to connect that control system to GUIDE interface? For example the user will enter 3 , 4 , 5 for x,y,z axes and push "start" button and the system will move to that position by running motors, and send back the sensor data at that position.

Can you give me some advice about this task and suggest me some "tutorials" ?
Thanks in advance

On 04/12/10 12:28 PM, engin caglar wrote:
> 50 people read , and not even an answer?

More than 50. 50 is just the number counted by the Mathworks interface
to the Usenet Newsgroup that really underlies the forum.

> Let me shorten my question (what im looking for is tutorial or book
> suggestion):
> 1)How to achieve this control process (running 3 servo motors and
> obtaining sensor data)

I have no idea; I have never used Simulink.

> 2) How to connect that control system to GUIDE interface?

I have no idea; GUIDE is such a pain to use in a predictable way that I
gave up after first seeing the code it generates. And connecting GUIDE
to Simulink is an even more obscure topic.


"He asked me a question, and I gave him an honest answer. I told him
that I don't know."

So now you have an answer. Did it *help* ?

I'm still waiting for answers with guidance.
(P.s : Not funny stuff from jokers who satisfy themselves)

I can give you a few tips

open_system('ModelName'); % opens a simulink model in the current directory
set_param('ModelName/Manual Switch','sw','1'); % closes a switch on you simulink model
set_param('ModelName/Gain','Gain', NewGain); % changes the Gain of a Gain block
Tsim = str2double(get(handles.edit1, 'String')); % get a value from a GUI textbox
sim('ModelName',[0 Tsim]); % Start the simulation of your model until Tsim (end time)

If you want to get data from your model to your GUI, for example you want to do a graph you can add a To Workspace simulink block connected to what you want to measure and also one To Workspace having for input the Clock (time), change its properties to some variable name like Value and plot it on a GUI axe like this:

axes(handles.axes1); % select on wich axe you want the graph

plot(time,Value); % do the graph

Hope this can help you but I don't have experience with data aquisition cards, sorry

"engin caglar" <e144605@metu.edu.tr> wrote in message
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> I'm still waiting for answers with guidance.
> (P.s : Not funny stuff from jokers who satisfy themselves)

Keep in mind that you posted your message around 9 PM EST Friday night when
many of the reader had left work for the weekend and/or asleep (particularly
those readers in Europe.) Be patient if you don't receive a response within
15 minutes of posting!

Anyway, take a look at this section of the documentation and use it as a
template for your application.

http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/creating_guis/f6-8865.html

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Thank you for your answer Paulo Silva.Your code worked for me (with a basic simulink model)
I will try it with data acquisition card and give feedback about it (maybe someone else will need such a solution)

Thanks for the advice and link, Steve Lord.