MathWorks Releases Updates for MATLAB and Simulink

By DE Editors

MathWorks announced Release 2012a (R2012a) of its MATLAB and Simulink product families. New in this release are the introduction of HDL Coder, which generates HDL code from either MATLAB or Simulink for prototyping and implementation on FPGAs or ASICs, and the launch of HDL Verifier, which replaces EDA Simulator Link and adds Altera FPGA hardware-in-the-loop support. R2012a also updates 77 other products, including Polyspace embedded software verification products.

MATLAB R2012a improvements include unified functions for 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D numerical integration and improved performance of basic math and interpolation functions, the MATLAB Compiler Runtime (MCR), which simplifies distribution of compiled applications and components, image processing and statistics toolboxes, and MATLAB Coder, which allows users to generate code from user-defined System objects and automates generation of dynamic shared libraries.

Upgrades to Simulink include the ability to run models directly from Simulink on target hardware including LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT and BeagleBoard; an embedded coder; a second-generatioun multibody modeling and simulation technology in SimMechanics; and real-time execution of models in Windows using Simulink Normal mode.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.