This post is number 7 in a series of 8 video blogs, walking through the fundamentals of Model-Based Design. When taken as a whole these videos provide the foundation stones for understanding and implementing Model-Based Design workflows I will be using a simple Home A/C system for my example; however the principals apply to everything from animal control to animal containment (e.g. Zoos).⁽¹⁾

When I first started working in the area of Model-Based Design the topic of code generation dominated the work e.g., the need for custom TLC⁽²⁾ and storage class to configure the generated code to match your requirements. However, in the last 10 years with few exceptions, the tools have evolved such that the required interfaces can be generated using standard built-in functions. This means that engineers can spend more time focusing on their project and less on the tool.

1. Requirements
   1. Requirements Management
   2. Writing clear requirements
   3. What I’m expecting: writing requirements
2. System Architecture
   1. Modeling architecture: Fundamentals
   2. Model architecture decomposition for hardware and close loop testing
   3. Is your system architecture “Lego Legal”?
3. Initial (shell) models
   1. Modeling architecture with room to grow
   2. The Model-Based Design Workflow…
   3. Defining your initial Model-Based Design workflow
   4. Plants resting on a table
4. Defining and managing data
   1. Managing Data
   2. Understanding Data Usage in Model-Based Design Part I
      and
   3. Understanding Data Usage in Model-Based Design Part II
   4. The Simulink Data Dictionary
5. V&V
   1. The 8 commandments of V&V
   2. Levels of testing
   3. Modular testing environments
6. Refining the models
   1. Defining your initial Model-Based Design workflow
   2. Best Practices for Establishing a Model-Based Design Culture
7. Code generation
   1. https://www.mathworks.com/solutions/embedded-code-generation.html
8. The grab bag…
   1. A road map for Model-Based Design
   2. The next generation of Model-Based Design

Footnotes

1. Zoos, and their role in animal management have evolved considerably over the years; perhaps my favorite “zoo-like” place is the Duke Lemur Center, a place my wife Deborah surprised me with for my birthday one year, it was so much fun!
2. TLC (Target Language Compiler) is a programing language used by MathWorks to customize the generated code. Over the years when I have been asked what TLC stands for my default answer has been “Truly Lovely Code” as that was the desired outcome.