Streamline Embedded Algorithm Development with New Arm-MathWorks Collaboration

Software development and verification in any embedded project is a complex and time-consuming task, frequently taking up the most time during project creation. Developing software as early and efficiently as possible is vital to using engineering resources effectively and getting to market faster.

Arm and MathWorks jointly identified several time-consuming activities in software development, including the coding of optimized algorithms on specific Arm processors, and worked together to create a streamlined solution. Arm Fast Models and Arm Compiler are now supported in MathWorks Simulink and Embedded Coder, enabling the generation, testing and verification of algorithms made in Simulink on Arm platforms without any hardware. This allows software algorithm development to take place alongside hardware development, with the Arm Fast Model based virtual platform able to match the current or expected hardware configuration.

This joint effort makes developing optimized software for Arm targets simple and scalable. This discussion will start with the high-level values of having virtual platforms in Simulink, and end by talking about how to practically try these solutions in your framework today.