using Simulink to control an ADC (MCP3008) on Raspberry Pi SPI

i have an ADC (MCP3008) with an Input coming from a voltage divider circuit. The Output of the ADC is then passed to the SPI MOSI of RPi. This digital Signal is converted to its analog value by doing some calculations.

i created a Matlab Function Block:

function voltage = MCP3008(channel_ADC) %#codegen

rpi = raspi('raspberrypi-VfDGtegqgZ','pi','raspberry');

clear mcp3008 mcp3008 = spidev(rpi, 'CE0');

data_in = bitor((bitshift(1,7)),(bitshift(channel_ADC,4))); data_to_ADC = uint16(writeRead(mcp3008,[1,data_in, 0])); voltage = 0; %initialize to define size of output port

highbits = bitand(data_to_ADC(2), bin2dec('11')); voltage = double(bitor(bitshift(highbits, 8), data_to_ADC(3))); voltage = (3.3/1024) * voltage;

This function block is used in the attached Simulink Model

Here are the Errors I got:

1. Base class 'matlab.mixin.CustomDisplay' cannot be loaded.

Function 'raspi.m' (#41.3176.7592), line 102, column 9: "function obj = raspi(hostname, username, password, port)" Launch diagnostic report. Component: MATLAB Function | Category: Coder error

2. Parsing failed.

Function 'MATLAB Function' (#35.57.62), line 4, column 7: "raspi" Launch diagnostic report. Component: MATLAB Function | Category: Coder error

3. Errors occurred during parsing of MATLAB function 'MATLAB Function' Component: MATLAB Function | Category: Coder error

4. Errors occurred during parsing of MATLAB function 'MATLAB Function' Component: Simulink | Category: Block error

5. Error in port widths or dimensions. Output port 1 of 'MCP3008/MATLAB Function/channel_ADC' is a one dimensional vector with 1 elements. Component: Simulink | Category: Block error

Can someone please Point me into the right direction? How can i eliminate These Errors?

How can I use the raspi function to this block model? I tried to add the port number also to the raspi function but it does not work

rpi = raspi('raspberrypi-VfDGtegqgZ','pi','raspberry', '18267');

[wietjes]

Hey, i'm having the same problem. Were you able to solve this?

Answer 1

[Esther]

I don't think the raspi functions from the MATLAB support package for Raspberry Pi are supported for code generation in a MATLAB Function block.

You need to write a driver using the S-Function builder block.

This File Exchange submission may help:

Raspberry Pi Simulink Driver Blocks ADC DAC PWM

[Abdul Khairi Abdul Rahman]

thanks for the link Esther. i am currently developing active power filter controller using raspberry pi and i need to obtained at least 2 analoge signal using mcp3008. is it possible for me to use more then 1 channel for the mcp3008 and how am i going to declare or call the pin channel in the s-function. bellow is coding for output

if(xD[0] == 1)
  {
   #ifndef MATLAB_MEX_FILE
       y0[0] = analogRead(100+chan(0);
   #endif
}

this my coding for Discrete Update

if(xD[0] != 1){
  # ifndef MATLAB_MEX_FILE 
                wiringPiSetup() ;
                mcp3004Setup(100, 0) ;
   #endif
       //done with initialization
           xD[0] = 1; 
  }