Where to start coding Simulink blocks for SimEvents

I would like to build my own SimEvents blocks. In particular, I would like to build blocks that represent the basic elements of a Petri-net. The basic behaviour I can mimick using standard blocks, but I cannot use the subblock feature because I would like to have parameters in the mask that control the number of ports.

Where should I start to learn how to program this? Any pointers?

Thanks in advance, Pieter

Answer 1

[Raul]

Hi Pieter,

I just saw your question. I have had the same intention few months ago. So I developed a library for building Petri Net models within a Simulink model. I saw interesting results from the simulations with the library. So I posted the library and the source code for further development by the Petri Nets enthusiasts. The link is

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/50571-petri-nets-building-blocks-library

Please let me know if it is useful for you.

Regards... RCR

Answer 2

[Mo Zhao]

Hi,

Our R2016a shipped MATLAB Discrete-Event System in the new SimEvents library. It would be the best choice to write a custom block. To get started quickly, you can use the deign pattern or look at the examples at http://www.mathworks.com/help/simevents/examples.html#d0e170.