Getting Started with Stateflow

Stateflow^® provides a graphical language that includes state transition diagrams, flow charts, state transition tables, and truth tables. You can use Stateflow to describe how MATLAB^® algorithms and Simulink^® models react to input signals, events, and time-based conditions.

Stateflow enables you to design and develop supervisory control, task scheduling, fault management, communication protocols, user interfaces, and hybrid systems.

With Stateflow, you model combinatorial and sequential decision logic that can be simulated as a block within a Simulink model or executed as an object in MATLAB. Graphical animation enables you to analyze and debug your logic while it is executing. Edit-time and run-time checks ensure design consistency and completeness before implementation.

Tutorials

About Finite State Machines

Model Finite State Machines

Model dynamic systems as finite state machines in Stateflow.

Stateflow Fundamentals

Construct and Run a Stateflow Chart

Build state transition diagrams in the Stateflow graphical programming editor.

Define Chart Behavior by Using Actions

Control the behavior of a Stateflow chart by using actions in states and transitions.

Create a Hierarchy to Manage System Complexity

Design logic at multiple levels in a complex system by using hierarchy.

Model Synchronous Subsystems by Using Parallelism

Implement operating modes that are active at the same time by using parallel states.

Synchronize Parallel States by Broadcasting Events

Broadcast events from one state to another to synchronize parallel states.

Monitor Chart Activity by Using Active State Data

Automatically track which state is active during simulation.

Schedule Chart Actions by Using Temporal Logic

Define chart behavior in terms of simulation time by using temporal logic operators.