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Publish Date: Sep 6, 2006

Simulation Interface Toolkit Video Demonstration

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Overview

The LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit gives control system design and test engineers a seamless link between LabVIEW and The MathWorks, Inc. Simulink® software. LabVIEW provides a professional user interface and effortless integration with real-time hardware to create an ideal platform for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing and rapid control prototyping (RPC).

Introduction

In this demonstration, the Simulation Interface Toolkit accelerates the testing of an automotive passive suspension system model designed in Simulink. The model includes a software signal generator that simulates a very rough road profile with a square wave. In the first part of the demonstration, the LabVIEW user interface controls the amplitude and frequency of the square wave and displays the results of the simulation.

In the second part of the demonstration, a PXI real-time controller executes the model. The signal acquired from a PXI E-series data acquisition card is added to the software signal generator. In this demonstration, the PXI E-series data acquisition card is connected to a quadrature encoder. The LabVIEW VI displays the results of the Simulink model as the model reacts to the input signal in real-time. Figure 1 shows the complete system setup with the hardware integration. Figure 2 shows the results when hardware integration is added to the simulation.


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Figure 1. The development system includes the LabVIEW Real-Time Module, the LabVIEW
Simulation Interface Toolkit, The MathWorks, Inc. Simulink®, and The MathWorks, Inc. Real-Time Workshop®.


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Figure 2. For the second part of the demonstration, a user applied, real-world pulse input will be
added to the software Signal Generator to demonstrate hardware integration.

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Related Links:
DeveloperZone: Building a LabVIEW User Interface for a Simulink Model with the LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit
DeveloperZone: LabVIEW FPGA in Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Applications
Products: NI LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit

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Update to version 3.0.1
I'd like to see these same demos using Simulation Interface Toolkit v3.0.1.
- Jan 26, 2007

This is extremely helpful
Thank you
- Dec 17, 2004

 

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