The MathWorks, provider of MATLAB software, has announced the release of
its latest version of Matlab - R2015b. In addition to new features in
MATLAB and Simulink, R2015b includes updates and bug fixes to 83 other
products.
MATLAB Product Family
MATLAB updates include:
- New execution engine that runs MATLAB code faster
- Graph and directed graph functions for creating, analyzing, and visualizing graphs and networks
- Add-On Explorer – a single interface for adding community-authored and
MathWorks toolboxes, apps, functions, models, and hardware support
- Hardware support for iOS sensors, Raspberry Pi 2, and BeagleBone Black
- MATLAB Compiler SDK: Deployable MATLAB components for integration with applications written in Python
- Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox: SVR (support vector
regression) and Gaussian processes (Kriging) for fitting models, PCA
feature transformation in the Classification Learner app, and GPU
acceleration of 65 functions
- Parallel Computing Toolbox: GPU acceleration for functions in
Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox including probability
distributions, descriptive statistics, and hypothesis testing; and
additional MATLAB functions
- Image Processing Toolbox: Gabor and box filtering, C code generation
for 20 functions with MATLAB Coder, and improved grayscale morphology
and filtering performance
- Computer Vision System Toolbox:? 3-D point cloud processing, including
geometric shape fitting, normal vector estimation and visualization
- Database Toolbox: Faster database read and write
- Control System Toolbox: 2-DOF PID controller tuning
- Robust Control Toolbox: Robust tuning with systune and the Control
System Tuner app for automatically tuning robust controllers for plants
with uncertain parameters
Simulink Product Family
Simulink updates include:
- New UI in scopes for viewing and debugging signals with cursors and measurements
- Referenced projects for creating reusable components and simplifying large modeling projects
- Always-on tuning of block parameters and workspace variables during simulation
- Multilingual block names, signal names, and MATLAB Function comments?? for use across Simulink, Stateflow and Simulink Coder
- Stateflow: Messages – new objects that carry data and that can be queued
- Simscape: Two-Phase Fluid block library and simulation speed improvements for switched-linear systems
- Simulink Design Optimization: Faster parameter estimation and response optimization with Simulink Fast Restart
Signal Processing and Communications
- Antenna Toolbox: Analysis of infinite arrays and visualization of E-H fields
- LTE System Toolbox: Release 12 downlink 256 QAM modulation for small
cells, Release 11 multicell zero power CSI-RS patterns, and enhanced
waveform generation
Code Generation
- MATLAB Coder: C code generation for cell arrays
- Embedded Coder: Quick configuration of models to generate efficient, reusable code
- HDL Coder: Run-time hardware parameter tuning for Xilinx Zynq and Altera SoC FPGA using the AXI4 interface
- Simulink PLC Coder: Code generation for Siemens TIA Portal IDE, and
support for global variables in Siemens TIA Portal and STEP 7 IDEs
Verification and Validation
- Simulink Design Verifier: C code S-function analysis and Model Advisor run-time error checks
- Simulink Test: Creation of test cases with inputs generated by
Simulink Design Verifier, and tool qualification with DO Qualification
Kit and IEC Certification Kit
- Polyspace Bug Finder: Security checks to detect code vulnerabilities, and on-the-fly display of results
MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software.
MATLAB, the language of technical computing, is a programming
environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and
numeric computation. Simulink is a graphical environment for simulation
and Model-Based Design for multidomain dynamic and embedded systems.
Engineers and scientists worldwide rely on these product families to
accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and development in
automotive, aerospace, electronics, financial services,
biotech-pharmaceutical, and other industries. MATLAB and Simulink are
also fundamental teaching and research tools in the world’s universities
and learning institutions. Founded in 1984, MathWorks employs more than
3000 people in 15 countries, with headquarters in Natick,
Massachusetts, USA.