TargetLink 3.0: Blockset Redesign and Model Referencing

• New TargetLink Version 3.0
• Blockset redesigned for seamless integration with third-party tools
• Greater productivity and integration in development processes
• Model referencing for development by large teams
• Five different MATLAB® releases supported by TargetLink 3.0

Paderborn, July 22, 2008: TargetLink 3.0, the latest version of dSPACE’s production code generator, now offers a redesigned blockset. The TargetLink 3.0 blockset is a symbiosis between the special, proven features of TargetLink blocks and the modeling blocks in the MATLAB®/Simulink®/Stateflow® development environment from The MathWorks. So users have the best of both worlds: On the one hand, they benefit from TargetLink’s powerful and much appreciated features such as easy-to-use block dialogs, clicking to switch between simulation modes (model-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop, processor-in the loop), integrated signal logging and plotting, and overflow warnings. And on the other hand, they can also use numerous Simulink third-party tools in conjunction with their TargetLink models.

Greater Productivity and Integration in Development Processes
The new TargetLink 3.0 blockset makes it easier to perform rapid control prototyping for TargetLink models with dSPACE software such as Real-Time Interface (RTI) and ControlDesk, so the development process is more integrated. Moreover, dSPACE has boosted the performance provided for model initialization and MIL simulation, while even reducing the memory consumption of the model.

Model Referencing for Development by Large Teams
Model referencing is another new feature in TargetLink Version 3.0. This greatly facilitates distributed development by large teams. Functionalities can be flexibly partitioned into several model files, versioned separately, and developed on a modular or component basis. Parts of models can be simulated separately and implemented individually by means of incremental code generation. This makes the handling of models, especially very large ones, easier and more efficient. A special feature lets users dissolve references to models temporarily and then restore them afterwards – for optimum convenience in developing subfunctionalities.

Five different MATLAB® releases supported by TargetLink 3.0
With MATLAB R2006a+, R2006b, R2007a+, R2007b and R2008a, five different MATLAB releases are supported by TargetLink 3.0. TargetLink users therefore have maximum freedom of choice regarding MATLAB, and they can also upgrade to TargetLink 3.0 without having to change their MATLAB version.

Paderborn, July 2008