Automatic production code generator
- Production code generation directly from MATLAB®/Simulink®/Stateflow®
- ANSI C code with the efficiency of handwritten code
- Optimisations for individual processors
- Built-in simulation and testing
- AUTOSAR support
- NEW: TargetLink version 2.3
Application Area
Model-based design has become the established development method across many industries. And production code generation is the logical step for turning models into efficient, production ready code. TargetLink is a software system that generates production code (C code) straight from the MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow graphical development environment. Code generation options range from plain ANSI C code to optimised fixed or floating point code for certain processors. Versatile code configuration options ensure that the production code copes with processor constraints.
Key Benefits
Converting graphical models directly into production code ensures perfect consistency between model and code at all times. Since the same model will always result in the same proven code, TargetLink’s code generation is deterministic and thus guarantees the highest software quality. Every step can be tested against the specification via the built-in simulation features. This allows early verification and translates directly into cost reduction, for example, by avoiding expensive ECU software defects.
Efficient Coding
Efficiency is the key to production-quality code. Efficient code means that a minimum of execution time and resources is required to run the code on a cost-efficient embedded processor. Code generated by TargetLink is proven to be as efficient as handwritten code. Other factors also make TargetLink such a useful tool: code readability, traceable model/code dependency, and last but not least, the ability to generate optimised code for specific target microcontrollers.
Complete Tool Chain
TargetLink seamlessly connects function development and code generation for the control unit or prototyping hardware. Moreover, it closes the gap between the design and verification phases by automatic means. This provides transparent and defined development processes for conventional and AUTOSAR ECUs. Calibration files, AUTOSAR software component descriptions, and comprehensive documentation are generated in addition to the production code.
NEW: TargetLink Version 2.3
TargetLink 2.3, the latest version of dSPACE’s autocoder for generating production code from MATLAB
®/Simulink
®/Stateflow
® models, supports the AUTOSAR 2.1 standard. This reflects AUTOSAR’s increasing significance in the development of automotive electronics. TargetLink’s optimisation and analysis functions have been further improved to make the ECU code it generates more efficient than ever. For maximum flexibility in project work, TargetLink 2.3 supports four different MATLAB releases: R2006a+, R2006b, R2007a+ and R2007b. Users do not have to change their TargetLink version after performing a MATLAB upgrade, or change the MATLAB version after a TargetLink upgrade.