Stateflow

Overview of Stateflow Targets

A target is a program that executes a Stateflow model or a Simulink model containing a Stateflow machine. Stateflow and companion tools can build targets for virtually any computer. The following sections describe targets in Stateflow:

• Target Types -- Describes the type of targets you can build from Stateflow.
• Building a Target -- Gives the high-level steps for building a target in Stateflow into an executable.
• How Stateflow Builds Targets -- Gives the steps that Stateflow takes in building its own targets.

Target Types

Simulink and its companion tools can build the following types of targets:

• Simulation target

• The simulation target (named sfun) is a compiled Simulink S-function (MEX-file) that enables Simulink to simulate a Stateflow model. See Parsing Stateflow Diagrams for more information.

• Real-Time Workshop (RTW) target

• The RTW target (named rtw) is an executable program that implements a Simulink model. The model represented by an RTW target can include non-Stateflow as well as Stateflow blocks. An RTW target can also run on computers that do not have a floating-point instruction set. Building an RTW target requires the Real-Time Workshop and Stateflow Coder.

• Custom target

• Users can generate code for custom targets (any name but sfun or rtw) that they can use in building customized applications.

Building Targets

Building a Target