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    Educational Control products - Real-time Simulink Program
Real Time Simulink screen graphic Now you can operate ECP systems in a real-time Simulink® environment. This allows you to employ all the powerful design and analysis tools offered by Matlab® and Simulink® while implementing real-time control and commanding the system through maneuvers using the block diagram environment of Simulink®.

Unlike some "real-time" Simulink® control software running under the Windows OS, RTWT provides hard real-time performance. This allows you to select your desired sample rate and be assured of uniform sample periods. The interface provides you with many advanced features such as the ability to change control parameters online, view real-time data, and run simulations of the system in parallel with the physical equipment. The real-time Simulink® interface is available as an option on new ECP systems, and as a retrofit for existing systems.

  • Hard real-time performance gives you reliable, consistent sample periods

  • Compatibility with all ECP systems - requires no hardware modification

  • Simulink® front-end provides block diagram interface structure for construction of control and modeling algorithms. Matlab functions provide powerful design and analysis tools

  • Online control tuning and real-time data display show instant effect of parameter changes

Contact ECP for more information on this option.