xPC Target 4.2

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Version 4.2

Released: 04 Sep 2009
 

Version 4.2, part of Release 2009b, includes the following enhancements:

• Enhanced file scopes that create files with dynamic names
• New .NET API that enables users to create user interfaces within the .NET environment
• Leveraging of multicore processors for background tasks
• Enhanced J1939 library that supports address claiming
• Enhanced UDP Send and Receive blocks that enable sending of variable sized packets

See the Release Notes for details.

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Version 4.1

Released: 06 Mar 2009
 

Version 4.1, part of Release 2009a, includes the following enhancements:

• Support for pulse generation, pulse width measurement, and incremental encoders for National Instruments data acquisition boards: PCI-6221, PCI-6229, PCI-6251, PCI-6259, PCI-6280, PCI-6281, and PCI-6289
• Enhanced J1939 library that supports transport protocol
• Support for the GE Fanuc PCI-5565PIORC shared/reflective memory board
• Support for SSE2 (Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions 2) for enhanced floating-point performance

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 4.0

Released: 09 Oct 2008
 

Version 4.0, part of Release 2008b, includes the following enhancements:

• Enhanced network boot capability integrated with xPC Target Explorer that supports booting of multiple target PCs
• Support for CD as a boot device
• Support for management of CPU overruns
• Support for National Instruments M series data acquisition boards: PCI-6221, PCI-6229, PCI-6229, PCI-6251, PCI-6259, PCI-6280, PCI-6281, and PCI-6289
• Ability to log an arbitrary number of signals to file scopes and host scopes
• Support for raw Ethernet communications in real time
• Support for Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives on the target
• Automatic IRQ selection for boards on a PCI bus
• Thread-safe xPC Target C API

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 3.4

Released: 01 Mar 2008
 

Version 3.4, part of Release 2008a, includes the following enhancements:

• Support for the target PC to interface to the Vector CAN Application Environment (CANape) using Universal Calibration Protocol (XCP)
• Support for Simulink models that contain multidimensional signals and parameters
• Support for booting a target PC from a host PC within a dedicated network
• xPC Target Device Driver Authoring Tool, a new GUI for creating templates for simple custom xPC Target™ device drivers
• Arbitrarily sized target application (DLM) files can now be loaded in BootFloppy and DOSLoader modes

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 3.3

Released: 01 Sep 2007
 

Version 3.3, part of Release 2007b, includes the following enhancements:

• New I/O boards interface support, including General Standards PMC–24DSI12 and PMC66-16AO16 for audio applications
• Support for the SAE J1939 standard, a real-time CAN protocol
• Support for the monitoring and logging of signals from referenced models
• Enhanced support for shared interrupts, allowing multiple boards to have the same interrupt numbers

See the Release Notes for details.