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What is Simulink?

MathWorks offers the Simulink product family including the Simscape physical modeling suite, simulation, validation, and testing tool set, a 3D animation module, signal processing toolbox for wireless communication, control systems, and event-based monitoring, to aid in the design of complex systems.

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From design to reality with Simulink

Incentivized
Ahmet AktaşView profile
Associate Professor in Engineering at Gazi Üniversitesi (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use it in the field of power electronics at university. I have been actively using it for many years, both for educational purposes for students and in the design department of our projects.

Pros

  • When you design a circuit or system, time is cheating because it gives results that are very close to reality.
  • Time and financial gain by easily changing the design part.
  • Support and include renewable energy sources.

Cons

  • High RAM requirement during simulation run.
  • It should support various languages in file naming (for example, Turkish).
  • The program must ensure compatibility within its own versions.

Most Important Features

  • Our students have a license agreement and can be accessed from anywhere.
  • All students can be educated in the laboratories by providing access.
  • It is frequently used for design purposes in our projects.

Return on Investment

  • First of all, it saved time and money.
  • We were able to easily pre-test the tests of new research projects.
  • The program should support different versions of itself.

Alternatives Considered

Eagle Technology ProTeus

Other Software Used

Eagle Technology ProTeus, National Instruments LabVIEW

A simple and efficient software to visualize data

Incentivized
Axel Martínez BuenrostroView profile
Student in Engineering at Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I used Simulink to program mathematical data. Objectively referring to heuristical problems to optimize processes and routes. As well as physics data such as electromagnetism and thermodynamics.

Pros

  • Easy to program
  • Great graphical design
  • Great compatibility with other softwares
  • Very understandable use

Cons

  • Simpler codification data
  • Better layout of document usage
  • Option of codification manual

Most Important Features

  • Graphical design
  • Label design
  • Multitask windows

Return on Investment

  • Better data analysis
  • Excellent data visualization
  • Identification of areas of opportunity to attack

Alternatives Considered

Python IDLE

Other Software Used

Minitable, MATLAB, Python IDLE

Simulink: a powerful simulation tool for R&D

Incentivized
Juan Carlos Molina CastejónView profile
Development of Guatemalas First CubeSat in Research & Development at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Control system design for continuous and discrete systems. The control systems toolbox includes many pre-built blocks for common functions, signals and plant models that help you analyse input vs. output responses.
  • Greatly responsive and easy to use graphic based environment ideal for the easy representation of processes using signals that go from one block into another. Most engineering and scientific models including systems of equations can be translated to a Simulink model.
  • Many pre-built toolboxes allow you to save time and facilitate access to create models applicable to many areas of science/engineering like fluid mechanics, robotics, decision making and embedded or electrical systems.
  • Simulink comes bundled within the standard MATLAB package and most of its coding features/packages are compatible and can be used within the Simulink development environment.

Cons

  • Learning curve for designing accurate models and getting useful results can be pretty steep for most people that aren't used to graphical based design and representation of systems.
  • Simulink requires a lot of CPU power and computer resources to run smoothly without crashing. Together with the MATLAB environment, a standard installation consumes a lot of disk space and becomes greater when more toolboxes are included.
  • Community for Simulink support and documentation is inferior to that of MATLAB and it isn't used as a standard tool by most of academia. I believe other tools such as Labview are far more common, making it easier to get help and find examples online.

Return on Investment

  • Reduced investment to achieve desired outcomes in research projects.
  • Opened the doors for our students to experiment with previously unknown engineering methods.
  • Fostered the adoption of model-based design by a great portion of our faculty, especially in more technical areas.

Alternatives Considered

National Instruments LabVIEW and National Instruments Multisim

Other Software Used

Fusion 360, Ubuntu Linux