Raptor-Training

Introductory Training

Raptor™ Training, led by our team of experienced system engineers, provides hands-on experience which enables the new practitioner to gain familiarity with the tool chain by building, deploying, calibrating, and refining a real world control application. The training is an intensive three-day course that generally covers the following topics:

Purpose:

To introduce users to Raptor ECU Based Rapid Prototyping and general Model-Based Controls Engineering.

Target Audience:

• Systems and Controls Engineers
• Embedded Software Engineers
• Technical Program Managers
• Investigators of Code Generation Technologies

Course Format:

• Lecture and Hands On Use of Tool
• 3 Day 8am - 5pm (lunch provided)
• Ann Arbor, Michigan with customer site training available

Pre-Requisites:

• Working Knowledge of Mathworks Matlab, Simulink, and Stateflow
• Systems, Controls and Embedded software experience

Day 1

• Basics of MATLAB, Simulink, and Raptor
• Model-Based-Design & History – Physics and the Simulink Model
• Workflow & Processes – Build and Flash First Model
• Set-Up of Trainee Machines
• Raptor Introduction – RTI Triggers, Adjustments, Measurements, Overrides
• Embedded Software Introduction, Organization – VSF, HEX, A2L
• Calibration Basics
• Analog I/O
• Closed Loop PI Control – Management of Time in Embedded Simulink - Hydraulic Actuation Project
• Introductions to Software Architecture within the Model

Day 2

• Tables – Uses, Calibration, Sensor Characterization, Feed Forward to PI
• Calibration Manipulation Techniques – Transfer/Upgrade, Extraction, Merge
• Fault Management – Detection, Mitigation
• Improved Throttle Actuator Example Project
• Data Storage Techniques and Blocks
• Hardware Features – Memory Layout, Processors
• Diagnostic Capabilities
• CAN – Hardware Requirements & Function
• CAN Bus Capacity, Arbitration, & Rules
• Anatomy of a CAN Message
• CAN – Define Standards Vs. Protocols
• “Raw” Access Vs. Whole Message Access
• CAN Message – Packing/Unpacking
• Example Project – CAN Based Hydraulic Actuation Project

Day 3

• Reusable Code – Intro to Libraries, Build Example Element
• Palette Tour – The Rest of Raptor
• Raptor Components
• Customer Model Security
• More Advanced Architecture – Annotation and Specification
• Simulink Libraries – Control Primitives, Application Specific Libraries – Reusability
• Multi-Rate Subsystems – Memory Usage, Organization
• Application Topics

Training Schedule

June 17-19 in Ann Arbor is the tentative date for the first Raptor training class