xPC DSP System

What is xPC Target?

xPC Target is a Matlab-based real-time digital signal processing (DSP) system. It allows you to develop DSP code as a Simulink block diagram and run it on standard PC hardware equipped with I/O boards in real-time. xPC uses a host-target structure, with the host PC running Matlab/Simulink, and the target PC running a real-time kernel. The host PC compiles and loads the DSP code to the target PC via TCP/IP and voila - quick DSP development ability.

xPC Target Hardware

xPC Software

xpcsetup

xPC Documentation

 

Example xPC application

To help demonstrate how xPC is to be used, we will consider the example of developing a simple proportional controller. This example is broken down into three sections:

  1. Build a Simulink block diagram
  2. Generate and load code
  3. Controlling xPC

 



Last modified: 2002-05-06 James Tung