Can I implement a controller that uses an external physical device to control the simscape physical model motion?

Can I implement a controller that uses an external physical device to control the simscape physical model motion?

Answer 1

[Jonas]

If you want to combine a physical external signal with a Simscape model, you will need to run the Simscape model in real-time and you need real-time capable hardware. This means you need to run Simulink Real-time with SpeedGoat real-time hardware with the Simscape model running on a progammable FPGA with HDL Coder. The Simscape model needs to be linearized by the HDL Coder Advisor.

Answer 2

[Roshni Garnayak]

To include an external device to your Simscape model, you need to use hardware-in-loop (HIL) simulation. This is possible by configuring the model to run in real time using Simulink Real-time. In HIL simulation, you use a real-time computer as a virtual representation of your plant model and a real version of your controller.

Extensive details on preparing Simscape models for real-time simulation, solver selection, workflows can be found here:

 https://www.mathworks.com/help/physmod/simscape/real-time-simulation.html