2.1. About MATLAB and Simulink

Simulink is a powerful simulation and analysis software engine which is used throughout academia and industry to develop and analyse dynamic systems.

Simulink is a widely used software package for modelling, simulating and analysing dynamic systems, which is based upon the MATLAB software engine. It allows you to build graphical models of linear and non-linear systems, using a simple drag-and-drop interface and a library of functional blocks. You can then simulate your model under dynamic running conditions to analyse its behaviour, and continuously interact with the parameters while the simulation is running.

Many functional blocks are included in the standard Simulink library, allowing you to model any system whose dynamics you want to simulate. This library is supplemented by Pi's OpenECU blocks, which are specialised for use with the OpenECU platform.