IPROM Development Resources

If you would like to participate in the development of Iprom, please let me know!

I'll just list a few issues that temporarily tripped me up when I was implementing the basics of IPROM. This is an unstructured as well as incomplete collection of issues that developers may face. I hope to revise and expand this document in the future.

• By default, IPROM treats all data as vectors of type double, i.e., it does not use Simulink's type checking capabilities that appears in Version 5. The rationale is that type checking would steepen the learning curve for students without programming experience, while potential problems from lack of type checking seem rather benign. All blocks involving boolean data should work with a data type mode of Logical.
• When implementing S-functions for new IPROM blocks, start with the file ipromtmpl.m rather than sfuntmpl.m. The differences between the two are minimal, but ipromtmpl.m avoids some sampling time issues that may arise if you work straight from sfuntmpl.m. On a related note, all blocks should be set to inherit sample time.