This can be accomplished by creating a bus object with a script and using an Embedded MATLAB Fcn block in Simulink to output data into this bus.
Here is how this can be done:
- Attached file createTestStruct.m generates a simple structure, a, in the MATLAB workspace as an example with different datatypes
- Attached file struct2bus.m generates a Simulink Bus Object based upon the fields and datatypes in the structure
- Attached file busobject2_ex.mdl is a Simulink model including an Embedded MATLAB Fcn block that uses the data from the structure to feed a bus
In order to run the example:
1. Download the attachments (located at the bottom of the page) in a single directory.
2. Run the file createTestStruct.m to create a test structure.
3. Open and run busobject2_ex.mdl to see the result.
Here is how it works:
- At initialization of the model the struct2bus function is called to convert the structure to a Bus Object called mybus:
1. Right-click the Embedded MATLAB Fcn block.
2. Select 'Block properties...'
3. Select the 'Callbacks' tab
4. Choose 'InitFcn', which now reads "struct2bus(a,'mybus')"
- The output of the Embedded MATLAB Fcn block is linked to a Bus Object of type mybus:
1. Open the Embedded MATLAB Fcn block by double clicking it
2. Choose 'Edit Data/Ports' from the Tools menu
3. Select Output port 1
4. Choose 'Type', "Bus: bus object name"
5. Click on the Data type assistant button (>>)
6. Fill out the name of the Bus Object
- Structures in Embedded MATLAB Fcn blocks are automatically converted to Bus Objects, which property is used in this example
