{"id":2596,"date":"2013-09-06T13:24:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T18:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/seth\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2017-01-02T15:40:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T20:40:50","slug":"welcome-r2013b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/2013\/09\/06\/welcome-r2013b\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome R2013b!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MATLAB R2013b is live for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/downloads\/web_downloads\/get_release?release=R2013b\">download on MathWorks.com<\/a>. Here is a list of Simulink-related features I find particularly interesting:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Simulink<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>MATLAB System block:<\/strong> My favorite new feature in R2013b. This block is the ultimate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/help\/simulink\/user-defined-functions.html\">user-defined function block<\/a>, combining the best of MATLAB Function Blocks and S-Functions. This has been requested by many users (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/seth\/2012\/05\/23\/how-to-make-your-own-blocks-with-code-introduction-to-s-functions\/#comment-1840\">for example here<\/a>) and is now a reality.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li><strong>LCC compiler is now included with MATLAB on Windows 64-bit machines:<\/strong> No need to install the Microsoft SDK anymore!<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li><strong>Comment through blocks:<\/strong> In R2012b, we allowed commenting out blocks. In R2013b, we added the possibility to comment through blocks. If the block has the same number of inputs and outputs, a commented through block behaves like a direct line between the input and output.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li><strong>Improved Mask Editor:<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/help\/simulink\/gui\/mask-editor-overview.html\">Parameters & Dialog Pane <\/a> gives you more control over the layout of parameters, and the possibility to include links and images. Your masked subsystems will look better than ever!<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li><strong>Variant Manager:<\/strong> A new interface to help >managing multiple variant configurations.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li><strong>Hardware support:<\/strong> The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arduino.cc\/\">Arduino<\/a> target is now hardware available on Mac OS X. Simulink R2013b supports the Arduino Ethernet Shield and the Arduino Nano 3.0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Physical Modeling<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>New <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/help\/physmod\/simscape\/thermal-liquid-models.html\">Thermal Liquid domain<\/a> in Simscape Foundation:<\/strong> You will now be able to simulate heat generation and dissipation in hydraulic networks.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li><strong>SimPowerSystems Third Generation:<\/strong> A new library to simulate electrical power systems that is fully compatible with the Simscape Foundation Library.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li><strong>Motion Actuation in SimMechanics Second Generation:<\/strong> Now you can apply forces and torques at joints!  See the demo titled <em>Computing Actuator Torques Using Inverse Dynamics<\/em> for a good example.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Now it's your turn<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Give a look at the release notes for the family of Simulink-related products and let us know what is your favorite enhancement by leaving a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/seth\/?p=2596&#comment\">comment here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MATLAB R2013b is live for download on MathWorks.com. Here is a list of Simulink-related features I find particularly interesting:\r\n\r\nSimulink\r\n\r\n\r\n\tMATLAB System block: My favorite new feature in... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/2013\/09\/06\/welcome-r2013b\/\">read more >><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[338],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6177,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions\/6177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}