Get Started with MATLAB Coder

MATLAB^® Coder™ generates C/C++ code from MATLAB code for various hardware platforms, from desktop systems to embedded hardware. It supports most of the MATLAB language and a wide range of toolboxes. You can integrate the readable and portable generated code into your existing C/C++ projects as source code, static libraries, or dynamic libraries. MATLAB Coder lets you package the generated code as a MEX function for use in MATLAB. You can optimize the generated code by incorporating multicore and vectorized code and calling optimized libraries.

MATLAB Coder provides code customizations, hardware-specific optimizations, code traceability, code verification using software-in-the-loop (SIL) and processor-in-the-loop (PIL) testing, and code compliance with MISRA™ guidelines (with Embedded Coder^®).

To deploy MATLAB programs on host platforms that MATLAB supports, use MATLAB Compiler™.

Tutorials

Generate Deployable Standalone Code by Using the MATLAB Coder App

Follow the steps of the code generation workflow to generate a standalone C++ dynamic linked library.

• STEP 1: Prepare MATLAB Function for Code Generation
• STEP 2: Automatically Define Input Types in the MATLAB Coder App
• STEP 3: Check for Code Generation Issues by Generating and Running a MEX Function
• STEP 4: Configure Code Generation Settings and Generate Code
• STEP 5: Verify Generated Code by Using SIL or PIL
• STEP 6: Optimize and Deploy Generated Code
• Diagnose Common Code Generation Errors and Warnings
  

  Learn how to resolve common errors when generating C or C++ code from MATLAB code.

About Code Generation from MATLAB Algorithms

• Decide Which Code Generation Product to Use
  

  Understand the differences between MATLAB Coder and other MathWorks^® products.

• Input Type Specification for Code Generation
  

  How input type specification affects the generated C/C++ code.

• Differences in Appearance of Generated Code and MATLAB Code
  

  How generated code appears different from MATLAB code due to optimizations made by the code generator.

• Configure Code Generation and Build Settings
  

  Configure code generation and build configuration parameters at the command line or in the MATLAB Coder app.

• Overview of Code Generation Using MATLAB Coder
  

  The MATLAB Coder code generation workflow.

Featured Examples

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Generate Standalone C Static Library at the Command Line

Generate a C static library from a MATLAB function by using the codegen command.

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Generate C++ Executable at the Command Line

Generate a C++ executable from a MATLAB function by using the codegen command.

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Generate Accelerated MEX Function at the Command Line

Generate an accelerated MEX function from a MATLAB function by using the codegen command.

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Interactive Learning

MATLAB Coder Onramp
Learn the basics of C and C++ code generation from MATLAB functions.

Videos

Generate C Code from MATLAB Code
Workflow for generating C/C++ code from MATLAB code.