Model configuration for code generation in Simulink - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Model configuration for code generation

📖 Scenario: You are working on a Simulink model that you want to prepare for code generation. Proper configuration of the model is essential to generate efficient and correct code for your embedded system.

🎯 Goal: Configure a Simulink model's code generation settings step-by-step to prepare it for generating C code.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a Simulink model variable with a specific name

Set a configuration parameter for code generation system target file

Enable a specific code generation option

Display the final configuration parameter value

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Configuring Simulink models correctly is essential for generating efficient and reliable embedded code used in automotive, aerospace, and industrial control systems.

💼 Career

Understanding model configuration for code generation is a key skill for control engineers, embedded software developers, and systems engineers working with model-based design.

1

Create a Simulink model variable

Create a variable called modelName and set it to the string 'myModel'.

Simulink

% Create a variable called modelName and set it to 'myModel'
% Your code here

Hint

Use single quotes to assign the string 'myModel' to the variable modelName.

2

Set the system target file for code generation

Use the set_param function to set the 'SystemTargetFile' parameter of the model named modelName to 'ert.tlc'.

Simulink

modelName = 'myModel';
% Set the 'SystemTargetFile' parameter of the model to 'ert.tlc'
% Your code here

Hint

Use set_param with the model name and parameter name as strings.

3

Enable the 'GenerateReport' option

Use the set_param function to set the 'GenerateReport' parameter of the model named modelName to 'on'.

Simulink

modelName = 'myModel';
new_system(modelName);
set_param(modelName, 'SystemTargetFile', 'ert.tlc');
% Enable the 'GenerateReport' option by setting it to 'on'
% Your code here

Hint

Set the 'GenerateReport' parameter to 'on' to enable report generation.

4

Display the current 'SystemTargetFile' setting

Use the get_param function to get the value of the 'SystemTargetFile' parameter of the model named modelName and print it.

Simulink

modelName = 'myModel';
new_system(modelName);
set_param(modelName, 'SystemTargetFile', 'ert.tlc');
set_param(modelName, 'GenerateReport', 'on');
% Get and print the 'SystemTargetFile' parameter value
% Your code here

Hint

Use get_param to retrieve the parameter and disp to print it.