Embedded Coder for Production Code Generation

Day 1 of 3

Generating Embedded Code

Objective: Configure Simulink models for embedded code generation and effectively interpret the generated code.

• Architecture of an embedded application
• System specification
• Generating code
• Code modules
• Logging intermediate signals
• Data structures in generated code
• Verifying generated code
• Embedded Coder^® build process

Optimizing Generated Code

Objective: Identify the requirements of the application at hand and configure optimization settings to satisfy these requirements.

• Optimization considerations
• Removing unnecessary code
• Removing unnecessary data support
• Optimizing data storage
• Profiling generated code
• Code generation objectives

Integrating Generated Code with External Code

Objective: Modify models and files to run generated code and external code together.

• External code integration overview
• Model entry points
• Creating an execution harness
• Integrating generated code into an external project
• Controlling code destination
• Packaging generated code

Controlling Function Prototypes

Objective: Customize function prototypes of model entry points in the generated code.

• Default model function prototype
• Modifying function prototypes
• Generated code with modified function prototypes
• Model function prototype considerations
• Reusable function interface
• Function defaults

Day 2 of 3

Customizing Data Characteristics in Simulink^®

Objective: Control the data types and storage classes of data in Simulink.

• Data characteristics
• Data type classification
• Simulink data type configuration
• Setting signal storage classes
• Setting state storage classes
• Impact of storage classes on symbols

Customizing Data Characteristics Using Data Objects

Objective: Control the data types and storage classes of data using data objects.

• Simulink^® data objects overview
• Controlling data types with data objects
• Creating reconfigurable data types
• Controlling storage classes with data objects
• Controlling data type and variable names
• Data dictionaries

Creating Storage Classes

Objective: Design storage classes and use them for code generation.

• User-defined storage classes
• Creating storage classes
• Using user-defined storage classes
• Sharing user code definitions

Customizing Generated Code Architecture

Objective: Control the architecture of the generated code according to application requirements.

• Simulink model architecture
• Controlling code partitioning
• Generating reusable subsystem code
• Generating variant components
• Code placement options

Model Referencing and Bus Objects

Objective: Control the data type and storage class of bus objects and use them for generating code from models that reference other models.

• Creating reusable model references
• Controlling data type of bus signals
• Controlling storage class of bus signals
• Model Reference software testing

Day 3 of 3

Scheduling Generated Code Execution

Objective: Generate code for multirate systems in single-tasking, multitasking, and function call-driven configurations.

• Execution schemes for single-rate and multirate systems
• Generated code for single-rate models
• Multirate single-tasking code
• Multirate multitasking code
• Generating exported functions

Testing Generated Code on Target Hardware

Objective: Use processor-in-the-loop (PIL) simulation to validate, profile, and optimize the generated code on target hardware.

• Hardware support overview
• Arduino setup
• Validating generated code on target
• Target optimization overview
• Profiling generated code on target
• Using code replacement libraries
• Creating code replacement tables

Deploying Generated Code

Objective: Create a working real-time application on an Arduino^® board using provided hardware support.

• Embedded application architecture
• Creating a deployment harness
• Using device driver blocks
• Running a real-time application
• External mode

Integrating Device Drivers

Objective: Generate custom blocks to integrate device drivers with Simulink and generated code.

• Device drivers overview
• Using Legacy Code Tool
• Customizing device driver components
• Developing a device driver block for Arduino

Improving Code Efficiency and Compliance

Objective: Inspect the efficiency of generated code and verify compliance with standards and guidelines.

• Model Advisor
• Hardware implementation parameters
• Compliance with standards and guidelines