The GenericTarget project is designed to facilitate the deployment of MATLAB/Simulink models to linux-based real-time systems. For applications that rely solely on network interfaces, it provides a library and tools to build hardware-agnostic real-time applications with MATLAB/Simulink (Embedded Coder add-on required). Any computer can serve as a target system as long as it runs a Linux operating system with the PREEMPT_RT patch. It's also possible to run the target application on a Linux desktop OS or Windows using WSL, e.g. for testing purpose.
- Hardware Agnostic: The target applications runs entirely in the userspace, making it available to all platforms that are supported by Linux.
- Multi-Threading: Automatically schedules tasks with multiple sampling rates, running them in parallel with appropriate thread priorities.
- UDP Communication: Offers direct socket access beyond Simulink UDP blocks, allowing retrieval of sender addresses, dynamic multicast joining, socket error handling, and more.
- Timing: Provides real-time access to system time in multiple formats, including local time, UTC and UNIX timestamp.
- Reliable Data Recording: Continuously saves data to minimize loss in case of a system failure.
- System Monitoring: Provides access to thermal zones, CPU and task overloads and task execution time for performance analysis.
Clone this repository or download the latest release.
Run install.m in MATLAB to add the toolbox to MATLAB's path.
For optimal compatibility with your host system, it is recommended to rebuild all driver blocks during the installation.
You can always rebuild driver blocks by running:
GT.BuildDrivers()
For alternative installation methods using MATLAB projects, refer to the documentation.
Open readme.html in a web browser to access the HTML documentation. It provides a detailed overview of the Generic Target Toolbox, including setup instructions for the target computer and a guide to creating your first real-time application.
A comprehensive HTML-based documentation for offline use is available within this repository, including:
- Detailed setup instructions
- Configuration examples for real-time applications
- Best practices for optimizing performance
To access the documentation, open the readme.html file with a browser. Once you installed the Generic Target Toolbox in MATLAB, you can also open the documentation by running the following command in the MATLAB command window:
GT.OpenDocumentation()
The structure of this repository is as follows.
| File / Directory | Description |
|---|---|
| core | contains source code and template files for the Generic Target Core |
| documentation | contains the HTML-based documentation |
| library | contains the MATLAB/Simulink library "GenericTarget" (>= R2025b) |
| packages | contains the MATLAB package "GT" |
| resources | contains project definition files for the MATLAB project |
| GenericTarget.prj | MATLAB project file |
| install.m | MATLAB script to add the Generic Target Toolbox to the MATLAB path |
| LICENSE | license information |
| readme.html | forwards to the documentation |
| README.md | this file |
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.