Basic Input

The ScicosLab Serial Interface Block allows a communication between a ScicosLab simulation and a mikrocontroller (e.g. the Arduino-UNO board) to exchange sensor and actuator signals.

At the moment this block only supports ScicosLab 4.4.1 and WIN32. With the real-time scaling parameter of a Scicos-Simulation one can use it to control a plant directly from the ScicosLab simulation.

With this framework it is very easy to realize soft real-time experiments for educational purposes or rapid prototyping with a sample time of approx. 20ms or more. If shorter sample times are required a real-time linux with BIOE or other modules should be prefered.