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BEST Robotic, Inc.MATLAB/Simulink Team Training

Programming With MATLAB/Simulink

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What You’ll Need… Minimum System Requirements

Microsoft Windows XP or Later 32-bit or 64-bit machine Administrator Access on the PC Internet connection

Software required MATLAB R2014a free version available at

http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/best-robotics/ Registration and application required; approval expected in three days ! Installation instructions will be provided in the approval email

Associate to your license to your registered account Download and install MATLAB from the link provided (about 40 minutes) Activate the software Install the VEX Support Package and Companion App (about 15 minutes)

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http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/best-robotics/

Key Software Locations

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Click on the MATLAB r2014a link

Starting MATLAB


Something on MATLAB


MATLAB Window Opens: MATLAB means Matrix Laboratory. It is textural programming environment. It can execute commands directly as typed in the command

window or run a script code from a saved file

Choose Apps from the main menu

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• Choose VEX Companion

Using VEX Support


Mathworks VEX support is embedded in Simulink, which is accessed using the following interface

MATLAB Simulink Simulink is MATLAB’s graphical programming

interface. Programming is accomplished by connecting various graphical

icons in a specific order. Simulink graphical icons are collected in what are known as

Libraries. Simulink programs are known as Models

The Simulink Library collection is opened by clicking the Simulink library icon


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Simulink VEX Library• To open Simulink VEX Library, • Click Open Library

NOTE: The Library window may be hidden far to the right of your screen

Before Creating your Program You must know what you want to achieve The connection layout of motors and servos

to the Cortex controller. The assignment of Joystick keys and their

intended control functions. How the joysticks will control the motors and

servos Any other interaction between the Cortex

controller and the hardware such as sensors


The Typical BEST Robot Model The robot can be driven either in Tank or in Arcade

mode. The joystick has four analog channels and four digital

channels The controller can drive Up to 10 motors and servos in analog mode Up to 4 servos in digital mode Can read up to 8 analog sensors (such as potentiometers) Can read up to 8 digital sensors (such as limit switches)

Simulink library has an icon for each of the possible functions: to read the joystick, to drive motors and servos, and to read sensors.

Our example robot will run in arcade driven by two motors; there will be two actuator motors, one with a limit switch and four servos Analog joysticks to motors and digital sticks to servos

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Creating a Simulink Robot Program Open a robot model window by clicking the “Create

new model” button on the VEX Support Package Companion menu


The BEST Robot Model


+ 127

+ 127

-127

-127

+ 127

+ 127

-127

-127

The joystick and accelerometer limit return values are +127 and -127 as shown in the figure. The buttons have a return value of 0 when pressed and 1 when released.

Accelerometer rotate right limit + 127

Accelerometer rotate left limit - 127

Accelerometer rotate forward limit + 127

Accelerometer rotate back limit -127

Reading the Joystick Signals

Y Axis

X A

xis


4 Analog Signals4 Digital Signals4 Accelerometer Signals

Start building your robot Click and drag one Game pad button and one one

game pad joystick.


…robot building Make four copies of gamepad joystick and four

copies of gamepad buttons


Actuating Motors and Servos


Actuator Controls



Add motors and Servos

Other Model Functions


Contents of the Utilities module


Motors Drag the Arcade module into your model. Connect two motors

and two analog joysticks as

Drag the two digital inputs (to serve as limit switches) and one Limit switch control block in the model. Connect the motor, limit switch and joystick


Bring as Many Functions asNeeded, and Connect

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Now, Set the Channels


Channles for the Digital Input Limit Switches


Working with Digital Joysticks Analog joysticks spits numbers from -127 to +127, i.e.

while digital joysticks spits only two numbers, 0 and 1.

Therefore, digital joystick commands are ON and OFF only, there are no intermediate values. You can have slow and high speeds or stop the servo in between fully open and fully closed.

When a digital joystick is connected to the servo, we need to translate its value of 1 as 127using a multiplier

Open the Mathematical tools library, and get a GAIN


Drag the Gain icon and make as many copies as the digital joysticks that you have


Set the multiplier Double click the gain to open its properties window

Set a Gain or multiplier of 127 for all digital joysticks that drive servos (or motors)


The final model


After Building the Model


Save the simulink model file You may want to Simulate the model before

downloading into your Vex Controller.

Open the utilities block again (if it is closed) Pay attention to the Simulation Input, and the

Simulation Output collections

Simulating the Arcade


• Pull a variable input, a the field simulator and a toggle. Make as mane copies as necessary

• Connect the variable inputs to the inputs of the joysticks• Connect the toggles to the inputs of the joysticks• Connect the field simulator to the two drive motors

Simulation Control


After Simulation Remove all simulation signals Save your model file Compile the model to generate C-codes and

upload into Cortex microcontroller. Make sure Cortex is connected Choose Code-> C/C++ Code -> Build Model


Additional support http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/best-robotics/


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