Date: 06/09/2010

MathWorks introduces new MATLAB and Simulink product families

MathWorks has released the Release 2010b (R2010b) of its MATLAB and Simulink product families.

The R2010b features:
--New communications system design capabilities in MATLAB
--Automated PID controls tuning
--GigE Vision hardware standard support
--Enhanced Simulink and Stateflow support for creating reusable models

R2010b also introduces SimRF, which adds system-level modeling of RF receiver architectures. This release updates 84 MathWorks products, including Polyspace code verification products.

Updates to MATLAB that support advanced programming include custom enumerated data types, 64-bit integer arithmetic, and a number of enhancements to the development environment.

Other features of MATLAB family in R2010b:
--Parallel Computing Toolbox: GPU support of CUDA-enabled NVIDIA hardware for accelerated computation
--Control System Toolbox: New commands and graphical tools for modeling and automatically tuning PID controllers
--Image Acquisition Toolbox: Plug-and-play camera input using the GigE Vision hardware standard
--Communications Blockset: New System objects for communications system design in MATLAB
--Fixed-Income Toolbox: New pricing and valuation functions for mortgage pools and credit default swap agreements

With R2010b, Simulink offers a new signal type and subsystem enhancements that help reduce block counts, simulation time, and memory usage for large models..

Other features of Simulink family in R2010b:
--Simulink HDL Coder:

-New FPGA Workflow Advisor for critical path analysis and automated implementation on Xilinx and Altera FPGAs
-Area-speed optimizations that include resource sharing, streaming, and distributed pipelining
-Support for 42 blocks in Communications Blockset and Signal Processing Blockset
-Support for the DO-254 standard

--Simulink Verification and Validation: Test-harness generation, data logging, and test execution API for analyzing model subsystems and for automating component testing during simulation and code verification (requires Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder)
--SimRF: New circuit-envelope and harmonic balance simulation technology built on the Simscape platform for modeling RF system architectures
--Polyspace Server for C/C++ and Polyspace Server for Ada: Web interface for viewing project metrics

Availability: Now

For more information visit: www.mathworks.com.