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Parallel Computing with Simulink: Model Reference Builds
Have you seen the MATLAB Channel on YouTube??  I like the way you can express an idea using video, describe how things...

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My Favorite New Feature in R2009a: SimState
I am so excited about saving and restoring the simulation state in Simulink. This is my favorite feature of...

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New Release – Simulink R2009a
Continuing the semi-annual tradition, I am excited to announce the latest release of MATLAB and Simulink, R2009a.  Check...

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Models Inspired by Real Life
Often models are the predecessor to a real-life device; however, sometimes a device inspires the model. In the 1980s, there...

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Modeling Mechanical Systems: The Double Pendulum
Do you ever have to model mechanical systems?  Mechanical systems consist of bodies, joints, and force elements like...

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Where Does That Variable Come From?
Most Simulink models use workspace variable to define the important parameters.  For example, setting the gain value to K...

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How do I test for NaN in my model?
This week I want to pose a brainteaser that my colleague Jeff had to solve this week.  Imagine you need to detect the...

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MathWorks Conversations and the FFT
If you are like me, you read the doc, a lot.  I am often clicking on the help just to verify my understanding of a...

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Bus Copies Explained!
A Simulink developer caught me in the hall last week and asked me, “How do people use the Signal Conversion block?”  He was...

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Passion for Simulink
Happy New Year!  On New Year’s Eve, it snowed for most of the day in Massachusetts.  On New Year’s Day, I went out to clear...

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Initializing Parameters
Simulink models often use parameters from the MATLAB base workspace.  However, Simulink does not save the MATLAB base...

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Representing Numbers: Integers and Fixed-Point
In embedded systems, computation time and memory are critical resources.  Floating-point calculations require special...

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The Answer for Large Scale Modeling: Model Reference
Your model is someone else’s component.  The Model block allows you to treat a Simulink model as a component within a larger...

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Where’s the Code?
Today’s post is courtesy of my first guest blogger Tom Erkkinen, my colleague from the MathWorks office in Novi,...

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Model Advisor: Don’t Forget the Doc!
After posting last week about Model Advisor enhancements for R2008b, I got this e-mail from my friend Salina: Seth! You...

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Introduction to Model Advisor
How do you check your model for common mistakes?  Do you have an easy way to verify that your model matches the...

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R2008b Simulink: Sample Time Colors
Simulink models present a schematic layout of your algorithm.  The diagram encodes information about the system in the form...

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Announcing the release of R2008b!
I am proud to announce the arrival of R2008b.  Simulink, Stateflow, and Real-Time Workshop have many important new...

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Metronome Challenge Winners
Two weeks ago, I posted the Challenge: Metronome Synchronization.  The challenge was to model the synchronization of...

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Challenge: Metronome and Cart Equations of Motion
I haven’t seen much activity on the Metronome Synchronization Challenge, so I want to provide a peak at the basis for my...

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Challenge: Metronome Synchronization
My good friend Doug, formerly of Pick of the Week fame, sent me an e-mail last week with the subject “Model this.”  The...

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Follow the Bouncing Ball
In my last post about the Continuous Time Integrator, I talked about the bouncing ball model...

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Continuous Time Integrator
One of the ways I think of Simulink is as a graphical interface to the solvers.  Moreover, when I think of the solvers, I...

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Organizing Mask Callbacks
My recent posts have focused on the different elements required to build a library block.  There is the conceptual design of...

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Mask Initialization and Self-Modifying Blocks
In previous posts, I introduced advanced masking concepts and discussed how to build a masked library block with a...

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Dynamic Mask Dialogs
When configuring a Simulink block, you usually use a graphical user interface (GUI).  In this post I’m going to investigate...

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Advanced Masking Concepts
Masking does more than just put a professional interface on your algorithm.  Simulink blocksets provide elaborate graphical...

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How To Make Your Own Simulink Block
Today I want to introduce a fundamental Simulink concept: masking a block.  Masking provides you with a way to put an...

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R2008b: Simulink!
I just downloaded and installed the R2008b prerelease, and you can too! Currently licensed users of MathWorks...

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Libraries in Simulink
Have you ever noticed the same block constructs occurring repeatedly in your model?  Simulink libraries provide you with a...

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