xPC Target in Freerun mode: extra long sample time

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Simone Marcheschi
Simone Marcheschi 2014-3-14
回答： James Brown 2014-8-11
I run a quasi-empty model in xPC Target Freerun mode.
To approximately evaluate how much the sample time is constant, I insert in the model an S-function which outputs the system time:
static void mdlOutputs(SimStruct *S, int_T tid) {
#ifndef MATLAB_MEX_FILE
real_T *y;
y=ssGetOutputPortSignal(S,0);
y[0] = xpcGetElapsedTime( (xpcTime *)NULL );
#endif
}
I have logged the output signal of this S-function and I have plotted the difference (by diff matlab function) for visualizing the approximate sample time: I found that the sample time is very little and quite constant for almost all the samples (its value is 1.2e-6 sec) except for some regulars extra long sample (9.9e-3 sec) which occur every 100 samples.
I write to ask why this happens and how it is possible to solve this problem.
Thank in advance you for your help
Best regards

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Suneesh
Suneesh 2014-3-14
  1. There is a shipped block called 'Task Execution Time' that does exactly what you did.
  2. The sporadic spikes are usually due to:
  • Cache misses when loading states into memory at the beginning of model execution
  • Cache misses when background tasks move lots of data
  • System Management Interrupts (SMI)
Please see:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/91970-what-is-the-definition-of-task-execution-time-%28tet%29-and-what-does-it-measure-in-xpc-target
Rajiv Ghosh-Roy
Rajiv Ghosh-Roy 2014-3-17
In addition to the other replies, Freerun mode simply runs the model as fast as it can and does not attempt to get real-time (== matches wall-clock) performance. In this mode, every so often, xPC Target will stop running the model and service other things such as network communication, screen updates, etc. This is why it takes a differing amount of time.
Freerun mode is not intended to have any determinism as to intervals between running each sample. For this, you should use Real-Time mode.
James Brown
James Brown 2014-8-11
Check your target machine's BIOS to ensure that legacy USB is turned off. Legacy USB will occasionally grab close to a msec of the machine's time.

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