Guy on Simulink

Simulink & Model-Based Design

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Results for: 2009

New Stuff – Simulink R2009b 9

Last week the MathWorks released the R2009b family of
products.  There are many new capabilities in the latest release and with this
blog post, I want to highlight a some of the features in Simulink... read more >>

BEEP, Simulink versus MATLAB 8

Did you ever notice that a BEEP in Simulink means something different from a BEEP in MATLAB? BEEP, What BEEP?  What I’m talking about is that bell character you sometimes hear.  In older... read more >>

A Better If-Else Construct 16

In a previous post, I answered a question about how to model an If-Else behavior.  Here I will restate the algorithm I want to create: if(sel==0) out = 2*in1; elseif (sel==1) out =... read more >>

How Many Blocks are in that Model? 20

My colleague Sam and I wanted to find an example model with about 10,000 blocks.  I suggested the HL-20 model from the Aerospace Blockset, asbhl20.mdl.  Sam decided to measure the total number of... read more >>

Better Bus Modeling (How to remove Bus/Mux confusion) 6

Earlier this week, Guy and I were discussing the sometimes-strange behavior of mux and bus signals.  Sometimes people find a Mux block in their model that appears to output a bus signal.  In this... read more >>

Refining the Output of a Simulation 9

Today I am pleased to share a post from regular guest blogger, Guy Rouleau.  Enjoy! I often use Simulink to model the dynamics of simple systems. In most cases, the Simulink default... read more >>

My Mental Model of a Model 2

When you are new to something, it always helps to get a mental picture of how that something works.  Since I learned Simulink over 10 years ago, I have developed my own mental model of Simulink... read more >>

Sneak Peek At The Next Release! 1

Many people talk about the anticipation of the next iPhone, Kindle or some must-have techno gadget. I am looking forward to the next release of MATLAB. I downloaded the prerelease last week and now... read more >>

The If-Else Construct in Models 9

Balaji Kalluri asked a question in the comments of a post about the MUX block.  Balaji asked: Hi All I would be highly obliged, if someone can show me a route to model a typical ... read more >>

Robotic Arm Models and Repairing Hubble 14

As you may know, Space Shuttle Atlantis is about to return this weekend from man’s last visit to the Hubble Telescope.  Those astronauts took some major risks to repair our favorite and most famous... read more >>

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