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Embedded Real-Time Control via MATLAB, Simulink, and xPC Target

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Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems

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This article shows how xPC Target [44] facilitates embedded control system design by turning general-purpose personal computer (PC) hardware into a rapid prototyping platform. The PC-based platform used is the MathWorks xPC TargetBox™ [45], an industrial PC. xPC Target is integrated in Simulink® [31], enabling the use of Simulink as a graphical front end with Math-Works tools for parameter estimation, response optimization, and linearization throughout the design cycle.

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  1. Simulink Development, The MathWorks, Inc., 3 Apple Hill Dr., Natick, MA, 01760-2098, USA

    Pieter J. Mosterman & John Glass

  2. Application Engineering, The MathWorks, Inc., 39555 Orchard Hill Place, Novi, MI, 48375-5374, USA

    Sameer Prabhu

  3. xPC Target Development, The MathWorks, Inc., 3 Apple Hill Dr., Natick, MA, 01760-2098, USA

    Andrew Dowd

  4. Technical Marketing, The MathWorks, Inc., 39555 Orchard Hill Place, Novi, MI, 48375-5374, USA

    Tom Erkkinen

  5. Application Engineering, The MathWorks, Inc., 3 Apple Hill Dr., Natick, MA, 01760-2098, USA

    John Kluza

  6. Technical Marketing, The MathWorks, Inc., 3 Apple Hill Dr., Natick, MA, 01760-2098, USA

    Rohit Shenoy

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    Dimitrios Hristu-Varsakelis

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    William S. Levine

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Mosterman, P.J. et al. (2005). Embedded Real-Time Control via MATLAB, Simulink, and xPC Target. In: Hristu-Varsakelis, D., Levine, W.S. (eds) Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems. Control Engineering. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-8176-4404-0_18

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