Simulink Control Design Demos

Simulink® Control Design provides tools for linearization of control systems and physical models in Simulink. Linearized Simulink models often simplify system analysis and compensator design. This is useful in many industries and applications including flight control, emissions control, and disk drives.

Simulink Control Design builds on features of the Control System Toolbox, such as LTI Viewer and SISO Design Tool, as well as the Simulink linearization engine. Use Simulink Control Design to specify input and output points without inserting blocks in the model, perform open loop analysis without deleting feedback loops, extract operating points from a simulation. Compute operating points from implicitly defined state and output values (also known as trimming)

The following demos introduce features of Simulink Control Design.

• The Linearization GUI Introduction demo introduces the graphical user interface tools for linearization.
• The Linearization Command Line Introduction demo introduces the command line tools for linearization.
• The Airframe demo is an example of the linearization of a nonlinear airframe model. (Requires Aerospace Blockset)
• The Engine Speed Model demo introduces the operating point search capabilities for linearization using an engine model.
• The Engine Speed Control Design demo introduces the use of linearization to design an engine speed controller.
• The Trigger Based Operating Point Snapshot demo introduces the trigger based operating point snapshot block.
• The Pneumatic System demo introduces the operating point snapshot feature and its use in linearization of a compressed air system.
• The SimMechanics Conveyor demo introduces the use of the operating point search and linearization of a SimMechanics model. (Requires SimMechanics)
• The Pulp Paper demo is a process model linearization of a discrete multivariable nonlinear model.
• The Boiler demo model is a process model, demonstrating the use of the operating point search function, model linearization, state observer, and LQR deisgn.