MathWorks phased array system toolbox

MathWorks has revealed expanded system design capabilities in MatLab with the launch of Phased Array System Toolbox.

Engineers can use MatLab with the toolbox to model, simulate and analyse phased array systems to gain confidence in their system designs across applications such as radar, acoustics and communications.

With capabilities provided as MatLab functions and MatLab system objects, the toolbox includes a large library of algorithms for waveform generation, beamforming, direction of arrival estimation, target detection and space-time adaptive processing.

The toolbox helps engineers model end-to-end phased array systems or use individual algorithms to process acquired data. It includes code examples and demos that provide a starting point for implementing user-defined phased array systems.

The toolbox lets radar and acoustics engineers build monostatic, bistatic and multistatic architectures for a variety of array geometrics, with the ability to model these architectures on stationary or moving platforms.

Array analysis and visualisation tools enable the evaluation of spatial, spectral and temporal performance.