Benchmarking various rapid control prototyping targets supported in Matlab/Simulink development environment

Abstract

This paper presents benchmarks of various targets compatible with Simulink model based rapid control prototyping tools. The benchmarked targets are dSPACE hardware, Humusoft MF624 card, Microchip and ARM. These targets are programmed with automatically generated code from Simulink models. The benchmark models represent basic type of algorithms used in mechatronic applications (signal inverse, PID and state space controller, nonlinear inverted pendulum (2D) model and FFT algorithm). Measured computing times, provide a basic idea "how powerful" each platform is and for what applications it might be appropriate. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.