If I am not in a meeting, I am generally at my desk. I often spend the whole day in front of a computer. Because so much of my time is spent with a hand on the keyboard, I look for all those... read more >>

I remember while learning Simulink, drawing ordinary differential equations was one of the early challenges. Eventually I discovered a few steps that make it easier. First, rewrite the equations... read more >>

Have you ever been in this situation: You run into a software bug, and you verify that the bug has been fixed in the latest version, but you can't install the latest version to get the bug fix. Why... read more >>

Blog reader Paul J. shared with us his mental model of the bus as a structure. While this isn’t true of virtual buses, it is precisely true of nonvirtual buses. In fact, when you generate the... read more >>

Most Simulink users have a good idea of what a bus signal is but I have found people are not as clear about what distinguishes virtual and nonvirtual buses. We have discussed bus signals in recent... read more >>

A few recent comments on this blog have asked about bus objects. Blog reader KMR remarked that "bus objects are one of the most important parts of the whole bus concept: allowing you to lock down... read more >>

Today I present for your reading pleasure a continuation of our discussion on mux and bus signals. Last week we looked at the advanced uses of Mux Blocks. This week I want to discuss the mental... read more >>

Last week I started a discussion of mux and bus signals. Our mental model of the mux signal is a vector. The Mux and Demux Blocks can do more than just combine and break apart the elements of a... read more >>

The answer is short and sweet. A composite signal is a mux or a bus signal. These can be thought of as a collection of other component signals. The subtleties of using bus signals and mux signals are... read more >>

When I started using Simulink, the libraries were organized a little differently than they are today. There were fewer blocks and no such thing as a Library Browser. Take a look at Simulink 1.3c... read more >>