Mathworks_Matlab_R2013b-CYGiSO

1. MathWorks
Mathworks today announced Release 2013b (R2013b) of its MATLAB and Simulink product families. R2013b delivers new analysis, design, code generation and implementation and other features in MATLAB and Simulink, two new Polyspace products, as well as updates to 79 other products. Highlights include:
MATLAB Product Family

MATLAB: Data types for mixed-type tabular data, and ordered and unordered categorical data
MATLAB Compiler: Revamped MATLAB Compiler app and automatic download at install time of version-compatible MATLAB Compiler Runtime
Statistics Toolbox: Linear mixed-effects regression models
Database Toolbox: Fast access to ODBC connections via a native ODBC driver
Instrument Control Toolbox: Communication with integrated circuits using SPI protocol
Financial Toolbox: Mean-Absolute Deviation (MAD) portfolio optimization
Trading Toolbox: Support for CQG Integrated Client API and Interactive Brokers TWS API
Image Processing Toolbox: GPU acceleration, working with PCT, for 22 additional functions, including bwmorph, edge, imresize, and medfilt2
Mapping Toolbox: Web map display with dynamic base maps from OpenStreetMap and other sources

Simulink Product Family

Simulink Editor: Enhancements including transparent subsystem preview, line crossings and "comment through" blocks
Simulink System block: New block for incorporating MATLAB System objects in Simulink models
Simulink hardware connectivity: Arduino enhancements including support for Mac OS X, Arduino Ethernet Shield and Arduino Nano hardware
Simulink models: Native modeling of single-precision designs
Simscape: Block libraries for modeling thermal liquid systems
SimPowerSystems: Block libraries based on Third Generation technology, fully utilizing Simscape capabilities
Simulink Verification and Validation: Requirements linking and traceability for MATLAB code

Polyspace Product Family

Polyspace Code Prover: A new product for proving the absence of run-time errors in software
Polyspace Bug Finder: A new product for identifying software defects via static analysis

System Toolboxes for Design in MATLAB and Simulink

Phased Array System Toolbox: C/C++ code generation support with MATLAB Coder
Computer Vision System Toolbox: Camera calibration functions and app

Code Generation and Implementation

HDL Coder and Embedded Coder: Integrated C and HDL code generation and workflow support for Xilinx Zynq and Zedboard
Simulink Coder: Creation of multi-level password protected Simulink models
HDL Coder: Support for user authored MATLAB system objects and incremental code generation for Model Reference blocks
MATLAB Coder: Support for 64-bit integers, software-in-the-loop (SIL) verification with Embedded Coder, and probability distributions in Statistics Toolbox
Fixed-Point Designer: Long long integer data type for efficient simulation and generated code for 64-bit processors
Simulink Code Inspector: Support for Stateflow objects and classic action language


2. System Requirements
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Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8
1 GHz or faster processor
2 GB RAM
10 GB free hard disk space