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YouTube Livestream on Speeding Up Simulink Simulation Workflows
I don’t usually publicize this sort of thing on this blog, but I think the subject is too relevant for many readers of this blog to no advertise it. Next Thursday, October 19th, 2023, we are having a...
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Accelerator Cache and Rebuilds – Everything you need to know
In Simulink, the different simulation modes (accelerators) can save you a lot of time. There are, however, subtleties to what “time” you can save, and how we can achieve those savings. In this post, I...
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How to Create a Mask Popup Parameter that can be tuned in Rapid Accelerator
A few weeks ago I published this blog post: Getting the most out of Rapid Accelerator mode – Version R2023b, where I described how to simulate a model multiple times in Rapid Accelerator mode for...
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Become a MathWorks Certified Simulink Associate!
The MathWorks Certification Program recently released a new certification: Simulink Associate.With this certification, you will be able to demonstrate your Simulink proficiency to colleagues, industry...
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Computing π… Simscape Multibody Style
On this π day 2024, I decided to tag along with Mike Croucher from The MATLAB Blog and show one way to compute π.While Mike went for advanced maneuvers involving the MATLAB AI Chat Playground, Parallel...
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What’s New in Simulink in R2024a: Emojis!
MATLAB R2024a has been released recently, so I thought I should share my favorite new addition to Simulink: The ability to add emojis everywhere!As you probably know, it has been possible for many...
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What’s New in Simulink R2024a?
MATLAB R2024a is now available, and a lot of new important features have been added to Simulink. Here are my top 5.Simulation objectUsing the Simulation object, you can programmatically run a...
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How to Run Simulink Simulation from MATLAB Script?
I recently ran into a report of the most visited entries on MATLAB Answers. I looked at the ones involving Simulink and thought it would be interesting to cover some of those on this blog. While most...
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Derivative of state ‘1’ in block ‘X/Y/Integrator’ at time 0.55 is not finite
Let's look at another frequently visited MATLAB Answers page:Derivative of state '1' in block 'X/Y/Integrator' at time 0.55 is not finite.The ProblemHere is a simple model similar to the one I have...
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Shot Put – Olympics 2024 Update
With the Paris Olympics going on, I decided to revisit the simulation of the shot put event that we published in 2016. BackgroundI recommend visiting the 2016 blog post for more background on how we...
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Pole Vault – 2024 Olympics update
In 2016, we published this blog post simulating a pole vault jump. I decided to revisit this topic and demonstrate how I would simulate this using the latest features in Simulink.Pole Vault ModelHere...
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How can I create an impulse (delta) signal in Simulink?
Here is another frequently visited page on MATLAB Answers:How can I create an impulse (delta) signal in Simulink?The ProblemLet's first look at what Wikipedia has to say about the Dirac delta...
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What’s New in Simulink in R2024b?
Looking at the Release Notes for Simulink in R2024b, what stands out the most to me is that we have improved a lot of already existing features. Let's look at my favorites of those enhancements.New...
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How to correct errors in port width or dimension in Simulink?
Let's continue our tour of the most viewed Simulink-related MATLAB Answers. This week, we look at:How to correct error in port width or dimension in simulink ?While this error mentions dimensions, the...
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Capabilities for Modeling Dynamic Systems and Designing Feedback Control...
In today's post, I want to share a few links. I shared those with individual users recently, and every time the response I get is "Wow, those are super useful, I wish I knew about them earlier"The...
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The Most Impactful Recent Features in Simulink
I have been recently asked this question:What are the top 10 most impactful and recent features for Simulink and Model-Based Design?It's a tricky question because different workflows are impacted by...
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The Basics of a Control Loop in Simulink
This week I received a series of interesting questions on the basics of putting together a simulation of a control loop involving a Simscape continuous plant and a discrete controller. The questions...
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Using Test Points to log Signals for Software-In-The-Loop Simulation
This week's post is a suggestion from Raymond Estrada from MATLAB and Simulink Consulting Services. Raymond reached out recently to share a tip for verifying and validating logged signals in the code...
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Visualizing the number of blocks in a Simulink model?
I was recently discussing different ways to visualize the content of a Simulink model with colleagues. Working in technical support, I receive models from users every day and it's always useful to...
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