Summary
RTAI-Lab is a tool chain for real-time software and control system development. This tutorial shows how
to install the various components: the RTAI real-time Linux kernel, the Comedi interface for control and
measurement hardware, the Scilab/Scicos GUI-based CACSD modeling software and associated RTAI-Lab
blocks, and the xrtailab interactive oscilloscope. RTAI-Lab’s Scicos blocks are detailed and examples show
how to develop elementary block diagrams, automatically generate real-time executables, and add custom
elements.