Device drivers for protocols and target hardware are essential to many real-time development projects. For example, you can have a working device driver that you want to integrate with algorithmic code that has to read data from and write data to the I/O device that the driver supports. The code generator can produce a single set of application source files from an algorithm model and integrated driver code written in C or C++.
To call external device driver code from the Simulink® environment, iterate through the tasks in this table.
| Task | Action | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Review your assessment of external code characteristics and integration requirements. | Choose an External Code Integration Workflow |
| 2 | Define the representation of model data for code generation. | Exchange Data Between External C/C++ Code and Simulink Model or Generated Code |
| 3 | Generate S-function and TLC files by using the Legacy Code Tool. If necessary, refine the generated code manually to meet application requirements. | |
| 4 | Verify algorithm behavior and performance by simulating the model. | Simulation |
| 5 | Configure the model for code generation. | Generate Code That Matches Appearance of External Code and Model Configuration |
| 6 | Generate code and a code generation report. | Code Generation |
| 7 | Review the generated code interface and static code metrics. | Analyze the Generated Code Interface and Static Code Metrics |
| 8 | Build an executable program from the model. | Build Integrated Code Within the Simulink Environment |
| 9 | Verify that executable program behaves and performs as expected. | Numerical Equivalence Testing |
| 10 | Verify that executable program performs as expected. | Code Execution Profiling |