Bangalore, India (11 September 2013): MathWorks announced Release 2013b(R2013b) of its MATLAB and Simulink produc
MATLAB Product Family
§ MATLAB: Data types for mixed-type tabular data, and ordered and unordered categorical data
§ MATLAB Compiler: Revamped MATLAB Compiler app and automatic download at install time of version-compatible MATLAB Compiler Runtime
§ Statistics Toolbox: Linear mixed-effects regression models
§ Database Toolbox: Fast access to ODBC connections via a native ODBC driver
§ Instrument Control Toolbox: Communication with integrated circuits using SPI protocol
§ Financial Toolbox: Mean-Absolute Deviation (MAD) portfolio optimization
§ Trading Toolbox: Support for CQG Integrated Client API and Interactive Brokers TWS API
§ Image Processing Toolbox: GPU acceleration, working with PCT, for 22 additional functions, including bwmorph, edge, imresize, and medfilt2
§ Mapping Toolbox: Web map display with dynamic base maps from OpenStreetMap and other sources
Simulink Product Family
§ Simulink Editor: Enhancements including transparent subsystem preview, line crossings and “comment through” blocks
§ Simulink System block: New block for incorporating MATLAB System objects in Simulink models
§ Simulink hardware connectivity: Arduino enhancements including support for Mac OS X, Arduino Ethernet Shield and Arduino Nano hardware
§ Simulink models: Native modeling of single-precision designs
§ Simscape: Block libraries for modeling thermal liquid systems
§ SimPowerSystems: Block libraries based on Third Generation technology, fully utilizing Simscape capabilities
§ Simulink Verification and Validation: Requirements linking and traceability for MATLAB code
Polyspace Product Family
§ Polyspace Code Prover: A new product for proving the absence of run-time errors in software
§ Polyspace Bug Finder: A new product for identifying software defects via static analysis
System Toolboxes for Design in MATLAB and Simulink
§ Phased Array System Toolbox: C/C++ code generation support with MATLAB Coder
§ Computer Vision System Toolbox: Camera calibration functions and app
Code Generation and Implementation
§ HDL Coder and Embedded Coder: Integrated C and HDL code generation and workflow support for Xilinx Zynq and Zedboard
§ Simulink Coder: Creation of multi-level password protected Simulink models
§ HDL Coder: Support for user authored MATLAB system objects and incremental code generation for Model Reference blocks
§ MATLAB Coder: Support for 64-bit integers, software-in-the-loop (SIL) verification with Embedded Coder, and probability distributions in Statistics Toolbox
§ Fixed-Point Designer: Long long integer data type for efficient simulation and generated code for 64-bit processors
§ Simulink Code Inspector: Support for Stateflow objects and classic action language
Availability:
R2013b is available immediately. More information is available at:http://www.mathworks.in/
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