Live Data Streaming to and from Hardware
MathWorks MATLAB provides a seamless integration to connect MATLAB and Simulink to hardware, allowing users to directly receive and send real-world inputs and outputs. This feature enables live data streaming, enhancing the ability to interact with external hardware devices in real-time. With examples like Visa Support from Instrument Control Toolbox, users can easily leverage this functionality for various applications such as lab instruments, image and video acquisition, data acquisition systems, and streaming audio with MATLAB and Simulink.
Generating Code and Targeting Hardware
One of the key strengths of MathWorks MATLAB is its capability to automatically generate C, HDL, or PLC code from algorithms created within MATLAB and Simulink. Users can run these generated codes on microprocessors, FPGAs, and other hardware platforms, facilitating effective programming and targeting. Whether it involves programming microprocessors with C/C++, dealing with audio-related targeting, programming PLCs, real-time simulation, testing, or hardware-in-the-loop scenarios, MATLAB simplifies the process by providing examples like Low Cost Simulink Targets, ARM Cortex Targets, and Embedded Coder Hardware Support Packages.
Hardware for Project-Based Learning
Students and educators can benefit significantly from MathWorks MATLAB's support for hands-on learning with low-cost hardware. This approach allows students to engage in project-based learning using MATLAB and Simulink, fostering the development of practical skills while working on innovative projects. With resources like 'Build Something! MATLAB and Simulink for Hardware Projects,' users can explore controls, robotics, mechatronics, measurement and instrumentation, image processing, computer vision, digital signal processing, communication systems, programming, and computer science. By enabling students to tackle real-world challenges through hardware projects, MATLAB reinforces the link between theoretical knowledge and practical applications.