Processor Expert Enhances Matlab Simulink Facilities for Embedded Software Rapid Development

Abstract

This paper discuses advantages of using automatically generated code in the development cycle of control embedded software. Since the Matlab development tool chain has become standard in the control applications development, we focus on its facilities for code generation. As the Matlab main weakness is identified a poor support for handling hardware devices of a target microcontroller. Since there exists processor expert, an excellent tool for microcontrollers' hardware resources management and design at high level, we bring radical improvement of Matlab facilities for handling controller hardware by integrating processor expert to the Matlab Simulink environment. We present developed block set and processor expert real-time target for Matlab real-time workshop embedded coder.