Luca Zamboni - Getting Started with Simulink

Robin T. Bye , got his Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD degrees, all in Electrical Engineering, from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He has been working at the Aalesund University College (AAUC) in Norway since 2008 and is now an associate professor in automation engineering. Apart from teaching automation and computer engineering classes for cybernetics, microcontrollers, and intelligent systems, he also supervises PhD and bachelor students on their theses' topics. His main research interests belong to areas such as computational modeling and simulation of human movements, bio-inspired robotics and automation, and dynamic resource allocation.

Marco Caputano was born in Southern Italy in 1980. He has obtained an M.Sc. in Control Engineering from the University of Napoli Federico II in Italy. His final dissertation was on nuclear plasma modeling in the framework of nuclear fusion research. He broadened his academic education with a Masters in Mechatronic Systems Design obtained from the Engineering Polytechnic of Milano, Italy. His former work activities include modeling and numerical simulations for nuclear fusion research (CREATE consortium, Napoli, Italy), and in the field of aeronautical engineering (SAFRAN group, Paris, France). Currently, he works as a Mechatronics Engineer for ASML in the Netherlands.

Mohamed H. Zaher is from Egypt; he is a Mechatronics and Controls Engineer. He received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering with System Dynamics and Mechatronics Focus from Cairo University in Egypt and his Ph.D from University of Illinois at Chicago. Mohamed taught mechanical engineering curriculum at both universities including the use of software tools such as MATLAB and Simulink. He also worked on contract at Caterpillar, Case New Holland, and Servo Tech Inc., where he worked with several professional tools on several developmental projects.

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Preface

This book will give you a complete understanding of the Simulink software. You will learn by example, going through the three main phases of Simulink developmentmodeling, simulating, and interfacing with the external world while developing a cruise controller for a real car.

While reading this book, you'll be given a clear, no-frills explanation of the main components of Simulink and how to use them in order to achieve the desired result. After having read this book, you will be able to develop, test, and deploy your models without any difficulty.

What this book covers

, Simulink Facts , deals with the problems that arise while developing the software for the biggest manufacturing industries and how Simulink can cut down the total development time, from specifications to final implementation. You will understand where Simulink really shines and where it isn't worth the hassle.

, Creating a Model , deals with developing a very simple cruise controller model in order to get started quickly with Simulink and the MATLAB environment. Then you will be guided through the Simulink implementation of a real-world car to use with the previously developed cruise controller, thus introducing the usage of more complex blocks. You will understand how a model is developed and where to look for the appropriate blocks.

, Simulating a Model , deals with presenting the theory behind simulation: solvers, simulation times, and how to choose them. You will then simulate the models you already developed, learning what are the available sources and sinks blocks and when to use them in order to discover failures in your models and change some of the parameters you defined.