What's New in Release 2006b
R2006b, released on September 1, 2006, includes updates to MATLAB and Simulink, six new products released since R2006a, and updates and bug fixes to 80 other products.
New capabilities for the MATLAB product family include:
MATLAB application deployment to Java™
Distributed computing tools supporting Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003, distributed arrays, and parallel math functions
Graphical interface for defining and solving optimization problems
New capabilities for the Simulink product family include:
Verifying compliance with modeling standards
Managing tests and analyzing results for system verification and validation
HDL code generation for Simulink and Stateflow
Easier incorporation of legacy C/C++ code for simulation and code generation
Embedded MATLAB function block support for MATLAB structures and Simulink buses
Modeling Mealy and Moore semantics to support C and HDL code generation
Stateflow support for Simulink buses
<--Element not supported - Type: 8 Name: #comment-->MATLAB Product Family
MATLAB 7.3
New Products
Key features and Release Notes below.
Aerospace Toolbox
Provides standards-based environmental models for atmosphere, gravity, and magnetic fields
Converts units and transforms coordinate systems and spatial representations
Implements predefined utilities for aerospace parameter calculations, time calculations, and quaternion math
Imports aerodynamic coefficients from the U.S. Air Force Digital Data Compendium (Datcom)
Interfaces to FlightGear flight simulator, enabling visualization of vehicle dynamics in a three-dimensional environment
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Link for Incisive**
Native Verilog support and support for VHDL via Verilog modules
Connection of a Simulink model to one or more Incisive simulators
MATLAB test bench capability, enabling the use of MATLAB code to stimulate and check HDL code
MATLAB component capability, enabling simulation of MATLAB code in place of entities not yet coded in HDL
User-selectable communication modes between MATLAB and Simulink and Incisive, providing shared memory (for faster performance) and TCP/IP sockets (for versatility)
Interactive or batch mode cosimulation, debugging, testing, and verification of HDL code from MATLAB
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MATLAB Builder for Java
Converts MATLAB algorithms into Java classes via a graphical user interface or the command line
Supports conversion between Java data types and MATLAB array data types using data conversion classes
Enables royalty-free desktop and Web deployment of independent components
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SystemTest*
Develops, manages, and edits test structures
Uses predefined test elements to test MATLAB algorithms and Simulink models
Incorporates MATLAB scripts directly into a test
Maps MATLAB and Simulink workspace variables to test variables
Visualizes and analyzes multidimensional test results
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Updates and bug fixes
Release Notes by product linked below. Indicates major updateBioinformatics Toolbox 2.4Communications Toolbox 3.4Control System Toolbox 7.1Curve Fitting Toolbox 1.1.6 Data Acquisition Toolbox 2.9Database Toolbox 3.2Datafeed Toolbox 1.9 Distributed Computing Toolbox 3Excel Link 2.4Extended Symbolic Math Toolbox 3.1.5 Filter Design HDL Coder 1.5 Filter Design Toolbox 4Financial Derivatives Toolbox 4.1 Financial Toolbox 3.1 Fixed-Income Toolbox 1.2Fixed-Point Toolbox 1.5 Fuzzy Logic Toolbox 2.2.4 GARCH Toolbox 2.3Genetic Algorithm and Direct Search Toolbox 2.0.2 Image Acquisition Toolbox 2 Image Processing Toolbox 5.3 Instrument Control Toolbox 2.4.1Link for Code Composer Studio 2.1 Link for ModelSim 2.1 Mapping Toolbox 2.4 MATLAB Builder for .NET 2.1MATLAB Builder for Excel 1.2.7MATLAB Compiler 4.5MATLAB Distributed Computing Engine 3 MATLAB Report Generator 3.1Model-Based Calibration Toolbox 3.1Model Predictive Control Toolbox 2.2.3 Neural Network Toolbox 5.0.1OPC Toolbox 2.0.3Optimization Toolbox 3.1 Partial Differential Equation Toolbox 1.0.9 RF Toolbox 2Robust Control Toolbox 3.1.1Signal Processing Toolbox 6.6SimBiology 2.1** Spline Toolbox 3.3.1Statistics Toolbox 5.3 Symbolic Math Toolbox 3.1.5System Identification Toolbox 6.2Wavelet Toolbox 3.1
Simulink Product Family
Simulink 6.5
New Products
Key features and Release Notes below.
Link for TASKING*
Links MATLAB and Simulink to a TASKING environment through high-speed bidirectional links
Supports Infineon, STMicroelectronics, Renesas, ARM, Freescale, and other microprocessors
Enables processor-in-the-loop testing for object code verification
Supports automatic code generation, building, and downloading to an instruction-set simulator or embedded hardware
Provides MATLAB APIs to analyze and debug code generated automatically or by hand
Includes customizable templates for configuring hardware variants, automating MISRA C-code checking, and controlling the build process Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information.
SimHydraulics*
Modeling environment for building hydraulic and hydromechanical systems as physical networks
More than 75 hydraulic and mechanical components, including pumps, valves, accumulators, and pipelines
Foundation library of hydraulic building blocks and fundamental mechanical and mathematical elements
Customizable library of common hydraulic fluids
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Simulink HDL Coder
Generates synthesizable HDL code from Simulink models for data path implementations
Generates synthesizable HDL code from Stateflow diagrams for finite state machines and control logic implementations
Generates VHDL code that is IEEE 1076 compliant and Verilog code that is IEEE 1364-2001 compliant
Lets you create bit-true and cycle-accurate models that match your Simulink design specifications
Incorporates multirate Simulink models in one HDL clock domain
Lets you select from multiple HDL architectural implementations for commonly used blocks
Lets you specify the subsystem for HDL code generation
Enables you to reuse existing IP HDL code (with Link for ModelSim®, available separately)
Generates simulation and synthesis scripts
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Updates and bug fixes
Release Notes by product linked below. Indicates major updateAerospace Blockset 2.2Communications Blockset 3.4Embedded Target for Infineon C166 Microcontrollers 1.3Embedded Target for Motorola HC12 1.1.5 Embedded Target for Motorola MPC555 2.0.5 Embedded Target for TI C2000 DSP 2.1 Embedded Target for TI C6000 DSP 3.1 Gauges Blockset 2.0.4Real-Time Windows Target 2.6.2Real-Time Workshop 6.5Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder 4.5RF Blockset 1.3.1 Signal Processing Blockset 6.4 SimDriveline 1.2.1 SimEvents 1.2 SimMechanics 2.5 SimPowerSystems 4.3 Simulink Accelerator 6.5Simulink Control Design 2.0.1Simulink Fixed Point 5.3Simulink Parameter Estimation 1.1.4Simulink Report Generator 3.1Simulink Response Optimization 3.1 Simulink Verification and Validation 2 Stateflow 6.5Stateflow Coder 6.5Video and Image Processing Blockset 2.2Virtual Reality Toolbox 4.4xPC Target 3.1xPC Target Embedded Option 3.1
* Indicates product was introduced via the Web after R2006a and is now available on the R2006b CD. ** Indicates product was introduced after R2006b and is available via the Web.
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