Multicore Architecture of Infineon AURIX
Microcontrollers in the Infineon AURIX TC3x family might contain up to six TriCore® processing units (TriCore 0 to TriCore 5). TriCore 0 is the principal processing unit that handles system initialization, boot processes, and critical control tasks in the AURIX microcontrollers. These processing units can run independently or collaboratively. You can assign different applications to individual processing units. To support modular and concurrent design in Simulink®, you can distribute components of a complex application across multiple processing units.
Embedded Coder® Support Package for Infineon AURIX TC3x Microcontrollers helps you to design multicore and single-core application models. The figure shows recommended modeling scenarios using different processing units of the Infineon AURIX TC4x microcontrollers. The figure shows the recommended modeling scenarios using different processing units (PU) of Infineon AURIX TC3x microcontrollers.
Monolithic models — A single or stand-alone Simulink model that generates one integrated application, which Simulink executes on a single processing unit.
SoC-based multicore models — A unified system-on-chip (SoC) architecture that generates one or more integrated applications for the participating processing units. The SoC models consist of a top-level model and two or more unique reference models. The top-level model represents an entire embedded system with application algorithms or models running on the reference models.
Blocks
Tools
| SoC Builder | Build, load, and execute multicore application models on Infineon AURIX TC4x hardware boards (Since R2024b) |
| Hardware Mapping | Map tasks and peripherals in a model to hardware board configurations (Since R2022b) |
Topics
Modeling
- SoC-Based Multicore Modeling for Infineon AURIX Microcontrollers
Design, evaluate, and implement multicore SoC models. - SoC-Based Multicore Modeling Workflow for Infineon AURIX Microcontrollers
Create SoC based multicore models.
- STEP 1: Design Time-Based Simulink Model
- STEP 2: Design Event-Based Simulink Model
- STEP 3: Configure Reference Models
- STEP 4: Design Top-Level Model
- Monolithic Modeling for Infineon AURIX Microcontrollers
Design, evaluate, and implement single-core models.
Code Generation
- Generate Code and Deploy Using SoC Builder
Generate code and run it on the target hardware board using the SoC Builder tool. - Generate Software Executables for Multicore Models
Generate ELF file for all participating homogenous cores of Infineon AURIX.
Featured Examples
Getting Started with Multicore Modeling and Targeting for Infineon AURIX TC3x Microcontrollers
Use Embedded Coder® Support Package for Infineon® AURIX™ TC3x Microcontrollers to implement multicore modeling and communication between two cores on an Infineon® AURIX™ microcontroller. This example uses a top-level model and two referenced models for two-way multicore data communication. The model supports both simulation and code generation. You can simulate the model and deploy the code on an Infineon AURIX TC3x hardware board using the Soc Builder tool and observe the blinking of the configured LEDs of each core to verify the communication between the cores.
Analyze Sensorless Observers for Field-Oriented Control Using Multiple Cores of Infineon AURIX TC3x
Use Embedded Coder® Support Package for Infineon® AURIX™ TC3x Microcontrollers for sensorless field-oriented control using multiple cores of an Infineon AURIX microcontroller board. This example uses a top-level model and two referenced models. You use the TriCore0 referenced model to implement a sensor-based field-oriented control (FOC) technique to control the speed of a three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motor. You use the TriCore1 referenced model to implement and analyze different sensorless algorithms, such as the algorithms implemented in the Flux Observer (Motor Control Blockset), Sliding Mode Observer (Motor Control Blockset), and Extended EMF Observer (Motor Control Blockset) blocks.
Custom Storage Class for Infineon AURIX TC3x Microcontrollers
Define a custom storage class for Infineon® AURIX™ TC3x Microcontrollers using Embedded Coder® Support Package for Infineon® AURIX™ TC3x Microcontrollers.
Integrate Code Generated for Infineon TC3x with ADS Workflow
Export code generated from Simulink® using Embedded Coder® Support Package for Infineon® AURIX™ TC3x Microcontrollers and deploy the code to hardware using AURIX Development Studio (ADS).
