Altair Embed Software | Embedded Systems Development
Altair Embed is a model-based embedded development environment for designing, simulating, and validating control logic with block diagrams and state charts, then generating optimized firmware for supported hardware targets. TrueInsight helps teams evaluate, implement, and support Embed in real engineering workflows.
What is Altair Embed?
Altair Embed is a visual environment for model-based embedded systems development. It lets engineers design, analyze, and simulate nonlinear systems using block diagrams and state charts, then automatically generate compact firmware for supported targets. The software is built to help verify, debug, and tune embedded control behavior before deployment to hardware.
Key Features Of Embed
Visual Model-Based Development
Build embedded control logic with block diagrams and hierarchical state machines instead of starting from handwritten firmware. Embed supports model creation, simulation, and analysis in the same environment, which helps engineers move from concept to implementation with fewer manual handoffs.
Automatic Firmware Generation
Embed converts validated models into compact, optimized firmware and supports deployment to a broad range of targets. Official documentation highlights support for popular platforms including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments devices.
Hardware-in-the-Loop Verification
Embed supports real-time and HIL workflows so engineers can validate controller or plant behavior against real hardware before broader rollout. That makes it practical for off-line tuning, controller prototyping, and faster debug cycles.
Capabilities Of Embed
Block Diagrams and State Charts
Embed combines drag-and-drop block diagram construction with hierarchy and hierarchical state machine construction. This supports both algorithm development and logic sequencing inside the same embedded workflow.
Continuous, Discrete, and Hybrid Simulation
The documented simulation scope includes continuous, discrete, and hybrid simulations, along with fixed, adaptive, and stiff integration algorithms. That gives engineers flexibility when modeling mixed dynamic behavior.
Domain Libraries for Controls, Motors, Power, and Vision
Embed includes standard engineering blocks and toolbox libraries for controls, dynamic systems, electric and electromechanical systems, eDrives, logic, process workflows, and signal generation. Altair also highlights support for electric motor control, digital power design, and image and video processing.
Real-Time I/O and External Connectivity
Embed can exchange data with external hardware and software through CAN, OPC, serial I/O, UDP, and supported I/O boards from National Instruments and Measurement Computing. It can also interface with PLCs and DCSs for real-time data acquisition, signal generation, and offline tuning workflows.
Control Analysis, Visualization, and Tuning
The product family documentation includes analysis and linearization tools such as Bode, root locus, and frequency domain plots, along with interactive plots, strip charts, 3D plots, and animation. Constrained parameter optimization is also documented as part of the environment.
Broad Hardware Target Support
Altair documents target support that includes AMD64, Arduino boards, Raspberry Pi boards, STMicroelectronics STM32 families, Texas Instruments ARM Cortex, C2000, Delfino, MSP430, Piccolo, and generic MCU targets. The applications page also states support for over 1,200 microprocessors.
Imported Blocks and Extensibility
Embed can import DLL-based blocks from PSIM and Twin Activate, allowing engineers to bring those models into Embed workflows for simulation and related use. The documentation also describes extending the block set through custom DLLs and add-on workflows.
Expert Embed Support By True Insight
Fast technical guidance, and implementation support
Licensing, demos, and product guidance
TrueInsight helps organizations adopt Altair software with practical engineering support, not just licensing. For Altair Embed, that can include tool evaluation, guided demos, licensing guidance, onboarding, workflow setup, training, and application-level support so teams can move from initial access to repeatable use.
Frequently Asked Questions
Altair Embed is used for model-based embedded development. It helps engineers build control logic with block diagrams and state charts, simulate system behavior, generate firmware, and validate designs before deployment.
Yes. Code generation is a documented product capability, and Altair lists supported targets such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, and generic MCU targets.
Yes. HIL is one of the clearest official use cases for Embed. Altair documents real-time/HIL workflows for controller and plant interfacing with real hardware.
No. Motor control is an important use case among others like digital power design, image and video processing, and broader embedded system development workflows.
Yes, in a documented way. Altair states that DLLs created from PSIM schematics or Twin Activate diagrams can be imported into Embed as blocks.
According to the documentation, Embed SE is the modeling and simulation environment, while Embed Pro extends it with optimized code generation and automatic download to popular microprocessors.