What's New in Simulink
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Simulink Online: Use Simulink through your web browser – R2020b
Simulink Onramp: Learn the basics of how to create, edit, and simulate Simulink models through an interactive tutorial – R2019a
Simulink Toolstrip: Access and discover Simulink capabilities when you need them – R2019b
Flexible Port Placement: Locate ports on any side, in any order, on Subsystems, Subsystem References, Model References, and Stateflow charts – R2020a
Automatic Port Creation: Create a port by clicking or dragging the block outline – R2018b
Bus Element Ports: Create and access component interfaces with bus element ports using all types of name-based composite signals, including nonvirtual buses and arrays of buses – R2021a
Code Importer: Import C code as reusable Simulink libraries – R2021a
Subsystem Reference: Componentize your models by converting any subsystem into a subsystem reference to save it in a standalone file and promote its reuse – R2019b
Blockset Designer: Create, test, document, and publish an entire blockset within one interface – R2019b
C Caller and C Function Blocks: Write C code or call C functions directly to integrate external algorithms – R2018b, R2020a
Model Run-Time Software
You can model, simulate, and target Simulink components for embedded software frameworks. Using modeling abstractions, you can enhance your algorithm model to map scheduling, communications, memory, and diagnostic services, and you can schedule functions to investigate execution order effects. Find issues before deploying your generated code on the target by modeling run-time software.
Event Logging and Animation: Inspect and animate events in the model involving Function-Call Subsystems, Simulink Messages and Simulink Functions, using Event Animation and the Sequence Viewer tools. – R2021a
Messages: Combine multiple message lines into a single message line and specify both nonvirtual and virtual buses to carry Messages. – R2021a
Schedule Editor: View the connections between Stateflow charts and corresponding partitions with Schedule Connectors – R2021a
For Each Subsystem: Call a service utility from repeated executions using the Function Caller block – R2020b
Row-Major Array Layout: Simplify integration with external C/C++ functions, tools, and libraries by specifying the array layout for Lookup Table and other blocks as row-major –R2018b
Hardware Acceleration: Speed up simulation by leveraging SIMD instructions – R2021a
Multi-core co-simulation: Use graph-based parallelism to run models that contain co-simulation components on multiple threads – R2021a
For Each subsystem parallel execution: Use multi-core processing to speed up For Each subsystem execution in Rapid Accelerator mode – R2021a
Parallel Simulations: Use the parsim and batchsim commands to run multiple parallel simulations – R2017a, R2018b
Simulation Manager: Analyze results while simulations are running using configurable plots – R2019b
Record Block: Record simulation data to the workspace and to files from the same block - R2021a
Interactive Simulation Comparison Report: Generate and share an interactive HTML comparison report from the Simulation Data Inspector – R2020a
Simulation Data Inspector: Replay test and simulation data across multiple subplots with synchronized cursors – R2019a
Signal Editor: Graphically create and insert signals by mouse or by touch – R2019a
Execution Order Viewer: Determine the order in which blocks will be simulated – R2019b
Run Algorithms on Hardware
Directly run algorithms on a variety of hardware, including Arduino boards, Raspberry Pi computers, LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3, and Android and iOS smartphones and tablets. The deployed algorithms can run standalone or can be connected to Simulink, allowing you interactively tune parameters and visualize signals in near real time.
Deep Learning: Deploy Deep Learning applications on Android and Raspberry Pi hardware using Simulink – R2021a
Arduino Engineering Kit Rev2 : Use Arduino Engineering Kit Rev2 that comes with 3 Pre-configured projects with Simulink – R2021a
Dashboard Panel: Deploy Dashboard panels on Arduino and Android devices – R2021a
MODBUS Support: Enable MODBUS communication on Arduino (RS485) and Raspberry Pi (TCP/IP) hardware - R2021a
Connected I/O: Access Arduino Raspberry Pi, and Android peripherals during simulation – R2021a
Automerge Tool: Customize source control tools to automerge models – R2020b
Project References: Explore the full project reference hierarchy and associated files directly from your Simulink Project – R2018b
Dependency Analyzer: Export to archive, generate a dependency report, and create a project from the dependency graph – R2020b
Project Compatibility: Export a complete Project to a previous MATLAB release using Simulink.exportToVersion – R2020b
Model Arguments: Easily configure instance-specific parameters in a nested model reference hierarchy for value specification at the top level – R2019a
Data Dictionary: Define global data for referenced models in separate dictionaries and Simulink will check consistency during integration – R2019a
Undefined Variable Detection: Get instant notifications about missing variables while editing your model – R2018a
Model Data Editor: Easily view, filter, group, and edit more data used by a model including signals, states, and referenced variables – R2017b
Upgrade to the Latest Release
Simulink built-in capabilities assist you with the upgrade process by identifying how you can benefit from the latest features. Use release notes to quickly identify all incompatibilities between any two releases and for recommendations on how to address them.
Simulink Project Upgrade: Easily update all the models in your Simulink Project to the latest release – R2017b
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