User-defined blocks in Xcos

June 29th 2011

Clment DAVID & Bruno JOFRET

Scilab Consortium

Scilab/Xcos: Modeling dynamical systems

Configurable subsystems use

Conditionally executed
subsystems creation

Signals and blocks parameters

adaptation

Scilab algorithms and handwritten code integration

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Outline

Model Building and Edition:

User-defined palettes,

Configurable subsystems use.

Xcos toolbox skeleton

Future external modules:

User defined blocks enabling Scilab and Modelica algorithms

calls.

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Model Building and Edition

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Example to mimic a Simulink block

Emulate an integrator which triggers a state reset on an input signal

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Matlab / Simulink

Simulink is a registered trademark of The Mathworks, Inc.

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S cope

The Simulink diagram results

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The Xcos diagram

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The Xcos diagram results

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With a SuperBlock

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Customize it

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With exact input mapping

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With exact input mapping (2)

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Adding to the palettes

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Using masked SuperBlocks

Define variables in the parent context

Use context on the blocks

Create and customize the mask

Remove variable in the parent context

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The masked SuperBlock

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Xcos toolbox skeleton

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Xcos toolbox skeleton

Included into the Scilab distribution (Development tools) with:

Documentation (how to write your own help pages),

Examples,

Demos.

Quick start to deploy an Xcos module through ATOMS.

Interface your own libraries:

Native ones (C, C++, Fortran, ),

Interpreted (Scilab, Modelica).

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External modules distribution

ATOMS http://atoms.scilab.org

Scilab File Exchange http://fileexchange.scilab.org

Package your business logic

Upload sample files

Forge http://forge.scilab.org

Public or private collaboration platform

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Future External Modules

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UDP Blocks

Implement blocks to handle remote data access using the UDP

protocol:

http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/udp-blocks/

not yet packaged in ATOMS.

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UDP Blocks

UDP Send:

C function to send UDP packet

UDP Receive:

C function to receive UDP packet

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UDP Blocks

Example: Scilab Scilab

Network

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UDP Blocks

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Network

The free and open source software for numerical computation

UDP Blocks

Example: ??? Scilab

Network

The free and open source software for numerical computation

UDP Blocks

UDP Blocks:

Based on ToolBox Skeleton,

C Simulations function,

Available through ATOMS (coming soon),

Encode/Decode your own UDP packet,

Easy communication with hardware devices.

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COSELICA

COSELICA (Modelica)
Standard Modelica Library in Xcos

Use more Modelica features:

Electrical,
Thermal,
Mechanics.

Advanced Xcos UI features (port colors, SVG blocks, etc... )

The free and open source software for numerical computation

COSELICA

The free and open source software for numerical computation

COSELICA

The free and open source software for numerical computation

COSELICA

The free and open source software for numerical computation

COSELICA

The free and open source software for numerical computation

COSELICA

COSELICA (Modelica):

Based on ToolBox Skeleton,

Modelica Equations,

Generated C Simulation functions,

Available through ATOMS (coming soon),

Extends Xcos on other scientific domains.

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Future Functionality
Available with Scilab 5.4.0

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Block wizard

Common UI for user blocks generation

Ease new blocks integration

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Thanks for your attention

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