Get Started with MATLAB Coder

MATLAB^® Coder™ generates C/C++ code from MATLAB code for various hardware platforms, from desktop systems to embedded hardware. It supports most of the MATLAB language and a wide range of toolboxes. You can integrate the readable and portable generated code into your existing C/C++ projects as source code, static libraries, or dynamic libraries. MATLAB Coder lets you package the generated code as a MEX function for use in MATLAB. You can optimize the generated code by incorporating multicore and vectorized code and calling optimized libraries.

MATLAB Coder provides code customizations, hardware-specific optimizations, code traceability, code verification using software-in-the-loop (SIL) and processor-in-the-loop (PIL) testing, and code compliance with MISRA™ guidelines (with Embedded Coder^®).

To deploy MATLAB programs on host platforms that MATLAB supports, use MATLAB Compiler™.

Tutorials

• Generate C Code by Using the MATLAB Coder App
  

  Use the MATLAB Coder app to generate C code from an example MATLAB function.

• Generate C Code at the Command Line
  

  Use command line tools to generate C code from an example MATLAB function.

• Accelerate MATLAB Algorithm by Generating MEX Function
  

  Use command line tools to generate a MEX function from an example MATLAB function.

Code Generation Quick Start

Code Generation Guide: Generate Deployable C/C++ Code

Prepare MATLAB code for code generation and generate C/C++ code.

• STEP 1: Prepare MATLAB Code for Code Generation
• STEP 2: Generate C/C++ Code from MATLAB Code
• STEP 3: Test Generated C/C++ Code
• STEP 4: Deploy Generated C/C++ Code

About Code Generation from MATLAB Algorithms

• Overview of Code Generation Using MATLAB Coder
  

  The MATLAB Coder code generation workflow.

• Input Type Specification for Code Generation
  

  How input type specification affects the generated C/C++ code.

• Differences in Appearance of Generated Code and MATLAB Code
  

  How generated code appears different from MATLAB code due to optimizations made by the code generator.

Featured Examples

Generate C/C++ Code from a MATLAB Function

Generate C/C++ code from a MATLAB function using the codegen command.

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Interactive Learning

MATLAB Coder Onramp
Learn the basics of C and C++ code generation from MATLAB functions.

Videos

Generate C Code from MATLAB Code
Workflow for generating C/C++ code from MATLAB code.