Day 1 of 2

Modeling Flow Charts

Objective: Implement decision flows with flow charts.

• Junctions and transitions
• Flow chart behavior
• Stateflow interface
• Conditions and condition actions
• Chart data
• Common patterns

Modeling State Machines

Objective: Implement state machines with state transition diagrams.

• State machine behavior
• State and transition actions
• Chart initialization
• Action execution order
• Flow charts within states
• Mealy and Moore charts

Hierarchical State Diagrams

Objective: Implement hierarchical diagrams to improve the clarity of state machine designs.

• Superstates and substates
• State data
• History junction
• Transition priority
• Action execution order

Parallel State Diagrams

Objective: Implement parallel states to model multiprocessing designs.

• Benefits of parallel states
• Chart/state decomposition
• Parallel state behavior

Day 2 of 2

Using Events in State Diagrams

Objective: Use events within a Stateflow diagram to affect chart execution.

• Using events in state diagrams
• Broadcasting events
• Behavior of state diagrams that contain events
• Implicit events
• Temporal logic operators

Calling Functions from Stateflow

Objective: Create functions in a Stateflow chart out of Simulink blocks, MATLAB code, and flow charts.

• Types of functions
• Simulink functions
• MATLAB functions
• Graphical functions

Truth Tables and State Transition Tables

Objective: Create flow charts and state transition diagrams in tabular form.

• Truth tables
• Conditions, decisions, and actions
• State transition tables
• States, transitions, and actions

Component-Based Modeling in Stateflow

Objective: Prepare Stateflow designs for component reuse and interact with structured Simulink data.

• Bus signals
• Data types
• Atomic subcharts
• Data mapping
• Chart reuse