In model-based software development, as a general rule there are two different perspectives on the same contents: Software developers knows their applications from the Simulink perspective, while application engineers have their A2L perspective that is control module centered.
The new Model Explorer in CANape provides you with a unified representation of these two perspectives.
After installing the “Mathworks Integration Packages” supplied with CANape, a graphic-based view of the model is generated from the Simulink model. These graphics are integrated in CANape and let you navigate through the model. You can view every layer of a hierarchically organized model, and calibration parameters can be selected and parameterized directly. New search functions in CANape 6.5 facilitates the efficient location of signals in the model.
Graphics may be utilized in every CANape project, even without a MATLAB/Simulink license.
If you use the Real-Time Workshop not just to generate the code for the model, but also to generate the associated A2L, the Model Explorer not only offers navigation capabilities but also lets you measure and parameterize internal variables from the model.
The “MATLAB Demo” contained in CANape will give you some insight into the support of model-based software development.