Custom Targets

A custom target is a software package that you create to deploy MATLAB^® and Simulink^® designs to target hardware. Using the software package, you can perform tasks to optimize, prototype, verify, and deploy an application to your hardware. This table lists tasks that you can perform by using target classes and functions.

Task	See
Register new hardware devices and hardware boards for Hardware Implementation settings.	Register New Hardware Devices `target.Board` `target.Processor` `target.LanguageImplementation`
Build a target application using a CMake-based toolchain.	Create Custom CMake Toolchain Definition Generated Code Compilation
Deploy, download, and run an application on target hardware.	`target.ExecutionTool` `target.SystemCommandExecutionTool`
Tune parameters and monitor target application signals during an external mode simulation.	Set Up External Mode Connectivity Between Simulink and Target Hardware External Mode Simulation by Using XCP Communication Customize XCP Server Software
Test numerical equivalence between your MATLAB code or Simulink model and the generated code by running a processor-in-the-loop (PIL) simulation.	Set Up PIL Connectivity by Using Target Framework (Embedded Coder) Configure and Run PIL Simulation (Embedded Coder)
Perform code execution profiling through a PIL simulation.	Set Up PIL Connectivity by Using Target Framework (Embedded Coder) Create Execution-Time Profile for Generated Code (Embedded Coder)

This table lists additional tasks that you can perform alongside a custom target defined by target classes and functions.

Task	See
Generate or register a main file to schedule the generated code	Deploy Applications to Target Hardware (Embedded Coder) Model Multicore Concurrent Tasking Application (Embedded Coder) Target operating system (Embedded Coder) Generate Source and Header Files with a Custom File Processing (CFP) Template (Embedded Coder) Support C Function Prototype Control Support C++ Class Interface Control
Register build hooks.	Customize Build Process with sl_customization.m Customize Post-Code-Generation Build Processing
Optimize generated code by using a processor-specific code-replacement library.	Code Replacement
Integrate real-time operating systems and device drivers.	Device Drivers
Define a custom system target file with hooks and custom settings to add target-specific actions to the build process.	Target Platform Device Customization Customize System Target Files Customize Build Process with STF_make_rtw_hook File

You can also create custom software for ARM^® processors, which is based on MathWorks^® reference targets. For example, see:

ARM Cortex-A Processors (Embedded Coder)
ARM Cortex-M Processors (Embedded Coder)