Launch Hardware Setup

Hardware boards and devices supported by MathWorks® require additional configuration and setup procedure to connect to MATLAB® and Simulink®. Each support package provides a hardware setup process that guides you through registering, configuring, and connecting to your hardware board.

  1. If the support package is already installed, you can start the hardware setup by opening the Add-Ons panel. To open the Add-Ons panel, click the Add-Ons icon on the left sidebar.

  2. In the Add-Ons panel, click the Options options button next to the installed support package, and click Setup to start the hardware setup process.

  3. The Hardware Setup window provides instructions for configuring the support package to work with your hardware.

    Follow the instructions on each page of the Hardware Setup window. When the hardware setup process completes, you can open the examples to familiarize yourself with the product and its features.

    The first window of Hardware Setup in Embedded Coder® Support Package for Qualcomm® Hexagon® Processors lets you select the required targets and processors based on your requirement. The Hexagon Simulator is selected by default, and you can choose other options using the corresponding check boxes.

    The next set of windows correspond to the options that you selected in the first window. For example, this window shows components to be installed in the subsequent windows, if you select all the targets and processors in the Select Qualcomm Targets window.

    Follow the instruction in each window and click Next to proceed. After the installation of each component is completed, ensure that you click Validate in the same window. Some of the installation components are not mandatory, and they can be skipped based on your requirements. .

    The below table shows the different SDKs and toolchains, including optional components, to be installed based on your selection. The first column indicates the target and processor combination that you can select in the first window (Select Qualcomm Targets) of the Hardware Setup.

    Component ⇒

    Target and Processor Selection in First Window ⇓

    		Hexagon SDKLPAI Add-OnQualcomm AI Engine Direct SDKAndroid NDKAndroid Debug Bridge (ADB)Linaro Toolchain
    Android Hexagon RequiredOptionalOptionalRequiredRequired 
    Linux Hexagon RequiredOptionalOptional RequiredRequired
    Hexagon Simulator RequiredOptionalOptional   
    Android CPUOptional OptionalRequiredRequired 
    Linux CPUOptional Optional RequiredRequired

    Note

    • To work with the eNPU module (using the functions and block listed under Micro NPU), install the LPAI Add-on component.

    • To work with QNN backends (using the functions and blocks listed under Qualcomm AI Engine Direct), install the Qualcomm AI Engine Direct SDK component.

    The below table shows the versions of the SDK, toolchain, and Add-on, supported in this release. The links to download these versions are available in the corresponding Hardware Setup windows. Some of the components always download the latest version when you click the link.

    SDK, Toolchain, Add-onVersion
    Hexagon SDK6.2.0.1
    Android Debug Bridge (ADB)

    35.0.2

    The Hardware Setup window contains the link to download the latest version, which is 36.0.0, but the support package is not compatible with this latest version. Therefore, ensure that you download the previous version 35.0.2 specifically.

    Android NDK25.2.9519653
    Linaro Toolchain7.5.0
    LPAI Add-on2.5.0.0
    Qualcomm AI Engine Direct SDK2.29.0.241129

  4. Once you complete the hardware setup for Qualcomm Hexagon, click Finish.

    Note

    If you re-install the support package with a different Hexagon SDK version, other than the already registered Hexagon SDK version, restart MATLAB after completing the hardware setup process (before proceeding with building the model).

Note

This release does not support CMSIS-DSP component even though it appears in the Download and Install Third-Party Tools window of the Hardware Setup. You can skip the installation of the CMSIS-DSP component.