MathWorks Releases MATLAB Coder

By DE Editors

MathWorks has announced MATLAB Coder, which enables design engineers to automatically generate readable, portable C and C++ code directly from their MATLAB algorithms. The company says this new product eliminates the need to manually translate MATLAB algorithm code into C and C++ code for prototyping, implementation, and software integration.

Electronic and communications systems designed with algorithms in MATLAB eventually need to be converted into C code for integration into the final product. Manually converting from MATLAB to C can take days or weeks, introduce design errors, and contribute to time-to-market delays. Now design engineers can use MATLAB to speed up development tasks, such as fixed-point design and prototyping, and then automatically generate C code with MATLAB Coder.

MATLAB Coder supports a set of MATLAB language features for algorithm development, including built-in matrix math operators and dynamic array handling. Hundreds of operators, functions, and System objects are supported, including many advanced algorithms for DSP and communications.

A video explaining the features of MATLAB Coder is available here.

Along with the introduction of MATLAB Coder, MathWorks released Simulink Coder and Embedded Coder. These two new products are designed to simplify code generation for Simulink and Stateflow users by combining capabilities previously available in multiple MathWorks offerings. The new products incorporate Real-Time Workshop technology, and offer code generation support for rapid prototyping, real-time testing, and production embedded system implementation with built-in links to embedded development environments.

“Automatic C code generation from Simulink has transformed embedded system development in many organizations for more than a decade,” says Ken Karnofsky, senior strategist at MathWorks. “Now, MATLAB Coder brings those productivity gains to engineers who use MATLAB to develop algorithms for electronic and embedded systems. With MATLAB Coder, Simulink Coder, and Embedded Coder, MathWorks offers a simple and more comprehensive code generation offering for all of its customers.”

MATLAB Coder is available starting at US $6,500.

For more information, visit MathWorks.
Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.