MathWorks introduced Release 2015b (R2015b) with a range of new capabilities in MATLAB and Simulink. 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
R2015b is available immediately worldwide. For more information, see R2015b Highlights.
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