ADsim blockset – Simulink^® models in fast Real-Time

With the ADsim blockset, you easily run Simulink^® models on ADwin hardware systems in Real-Time with ‘µs’ cycle times, and with a ‘ns’ timing precision. With a few clicks only, just insert ADwin hardware I/O blocks into the model and build your own Real-Time model. After compilation, which takes a few seconds only, the model runs on the ADwin system at high speed in real-time, absolutely deterministic, and with a high timing precision. Typical models execution frequencies are hundreds of kHz, up to 500 kHz / 1 MHz.

The Simulink^® models are executed inside ADwin by a local system CPU, on a highly optimized multitasking Real-Time operating system. The Real-Time process cycle is adjustable in steps of 1 ns. Benchmark example: With a few clicks you run 8 × analog inputs + filter + controllers + analog outputs at 500 kHz.

ADsim is available for ADwin-Pro-II and ADwin-X-A20, and supports analog I/O, digital I/O, counter, encoder interfaces, CAN, Profibus^®, Profinet^®, EtherCat^®, and many more. ADsim allows multiple trigger synchronization modes for a large application flexibility.

Typical ADwin & ADsim applications are test stand control and data acquisition, customized machine automation, dynamic component testing, End-of-Line (EOL) testing, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), rest-bus simulation and many more.

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ADlab toolbox – Data Acquisition (DAQ) for Matlab^®

The toolbox ADlab for Matlab^® provides a connection to ADwin systems, and offers fast data acquisition solutions from kHz up to MHz range. Pre-analysis of data in Real-Time, complex triggering, data reduction, as well as stimulation, waveform generation, and control, are typical applications. ADlab works in cooperation with ADsim in order to exchange Simulink^® model data with Matlab^®Workspace or Matlab^®GUI.

DAQ applications are built with ADbasic or ADsim, while ADlab offers the connection to Matlab^®. Supported hardware signals are analog I/O, digital I/O, counter and encoder interfaces, CAN, Profibus^®, Profinet^®, EtherCat^®, and many more.

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User interfaces for Simulink^® models

Graphical user interfaces can be created in various ways, depending on the requirements.

• Using ADsimDesk, the Simulink^® model signals and parameters can be monitored, displayed, controlled or modified with a graphical user interface of this tool.
• Using ADlab, data can be bi-directional exchanged with Real-Time Simulink^® models.
• Using our standard ADwin driver, you can build your own user interface for compiled models in many common programming languages and environments. Since compiled code is royalty-free, you may distribute the compiled code to your customers.
• With the common ADwin software ADtools and ADinspect you may monitor and control Simulink^® models.

Requirements for and Components of ADsim

From Mathworks Inc.:

• Matlab^®  8.2 (R2013) or higher
• Simulink^® 8.2 (R2013) or higher
• Simulink Coder^® / Real-Time Workshop ^®
• Embedded Coder^® / Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder^®

From ADwin:

• ADsim Software Package; current version:  6.00.37.00 (get your download)
• Compiler ADbasic (version 6.2)
• ADwin-Gold III or
  ADwin-Pro II (with processor T12) or
  ADwin-X-A20
• ADlab (optional)

MATLAB^® and Simulink^® are products of and/or are Registered to and/or are Trademarks from: The MathWorks, Inc. (USA)