Summary:

MicroDAQ (http://www.embedded-solutions.pl) is a Real-Time Measurement and Rapid Control Prototyping System.

Simulink (http://www.mathworks.com/products/simulink) is a leading environment for multidomain simulation and Model-Based Design.

Embedded Coder (http://www.mathworks.com/products/embedded-coder) allows you to generate C code and deploy your algorithms to target hardware.

Installation:

1. Windows/Linux: Have Code Composer Studio 5.3 or 5.4 installed (http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Download_CCS). Make sure your installation is full, otherwise you might miss some files (like Device support files for OMAPL137).

2. Make sure your toolchain is working (build and download some test project, check connection) before you proceed! "docs/MicroDAQ Quick Start Guide.pdf" is a useful document that will guide you through this process. This step is not required, but it is strongly advised to get yourself familiar with some basic concepts.

3. Make sure you have a working/supported host compiler (http://www.mathworks.com/support/compilers/R2013a/index.html) by running

    mex -setup
   

in MATLAB. Avoid using the lcc compiler which ships with MATLAB 32-bit for Windows. It is known to cause problems.

4. Extract this package somewhere. Make sure there are no spaces/non-ASCII characters in path (just in case).

5. Within MATLAB, 'cd' to the directory containing microdaq_setup.m and run this script.

You should be good to go.

What this package already has:

• Automatic build and download to target using MLink or JTAG (selected by user)

• Standalone execution on target (driven by SYS/BIOS timer)

• Execution in PIL mode

• External Mode support

• Simulink library blocks for:

    * ADC
    * DAC
    * Quadrature Encoder
    * MEMORY R/W 
    * DIO 
    * Built-in LEDs
    * Built-in KEYs 
    * PRU - Real-time processing unit 
  

What this package would like to have:

• Simulink library blocks for:

    * PWM
  

• More documentation

• PIL mode profiling