The `C-API Simulink Target for RT-Linux' (CAPI_STRTL) is an application developed to extend the functionality of the original `Simulink target for RT-Linux' (STRTL) by providing the user with full parameter tuning and signal access, of a real time application running in a RT-Linux kernel, independent of the Simulink/MATLAB interface.

In this manner, CAPI_STRTL extends the utility of the original STRTL from its conventional use in control applications to more exotic fields such as haptics/virtual reality and even augmented reality – not to mention the many other possible implementations users can realize by having signal access and parameter tuning at the disposal of their custom applications.

The CAPI_STRTL is an add-on feature to the STRTL and is not intended to replace it in anyway.

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the CAPI_STRTL and demonstrate how its functionality can extend the use of STRTL. This paper assumes some previous knowledge of the workings of STRTL.

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