Modelling & Simulation
Online Simulink Tutor for Electrical Engineering
Simulink lets you build a system as a block diagram and watch it run — which is exactly why control and power courses rely on it. It is also easy to get lost in: a model that will not run, a solver warning you do not understand, or a scope showing something that does not match the theory.
Sessions help with both: learning how Simulink works, and using it to understand the engineering system you are modelling.
Topics
What we can help with
Common areas students ask about when working with Simulink.
Simulink fundamentals
- The Simulink environment and libraries
- Block diagrams and model construction
- Sources and sinks
- Signal routing, buses and goto/from
- Subsystems and model organisation
Running simulations
- Simulation settings and stop time
- Solvers: fixed-step and variable-step
- Scopes and data logging
- Interpreting simulation results
Debugging models
- Model errors and warnings
- Algebraic loops
- Unstable or diverging simulations
- Checking a model against expected behaviour
Working with MATLAB
- Parameters from the MATLAB workspace
- Running models from scripts
- Exporting and plotting results in MATLAB
These are common examples rather than a complete list. If your course uses other Simulink libraries or add-ons, send us the details and we will confirm how we can help.
Two ways to use sessions
Learning Simulink, or using it in your course
Both are common, and most sessions combine them in whatever balance you need.
Learning Simulink itself
Learning Simulink itself: building clean models, choosing solver settings, organising subsystems, logging data and fixing the errors that stop a model from running.
Using Simulink in your coursework
Using Simulink to understand engineering systems: modelling a plant and controller, seeing how feedback changes the response, or exploring how a motor or circuit behaves over time.
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How Simulink is used across Electrical Engineering
Simulink is most often used to model and understand dynamic systems:
Control systems and feedback
Closed-loop models with plant, controller and sensor blocks — and the effect of gain, saturation or delay on the response.
PID control
Building PID controllers, seeing what each term does, and comparing tuning choices in simulation.
State-space models
Implementing state-space systems and observers, and checking them against transfer-function results.
Motor and machine models
Simulating DC and AC motor behaviour, including starting and load changes, where your course uses these models.
Electrical and power models
Using Simscape Electrical blocks to model circuits and power components, where appropriate for your course.
Who this tutoring is for
- Students taking control systems courses that use Simulink
- Undergraduate and graduate students building models for labs or projects
- Students whose models will not run, or give results that do not match the theory
- Students who need to understand a Simulink model they have been given
How online sessions work
Live 1-to-1 sessions on Zoom or a similar platform, with screen sharing and a shared digital whiteboard. For Simulink, sessions typically include:
- Models built block by block with the equations alongside
- Solver and simulation settings explained, not just changed
- Results compared against hand calculations or MATLAB
- Errors and warnings diagnosed together
Related
Related subjects and tools
Where this tool connects to the rest of Electrical Engineering. We support many other subjects and tools too.
FAQ
Simulink tutoring questions
What's the difference between learning Simulink and using it for my course?
Learning Simulink means understanding the tool — blocks, solvers, subsystems, debugging. Using it for your course means applying it to a control or power problem to understand the system. Most sessions combine the two, weighted towards whatever you need.
My Simulink model won't run or gives strange results. Can you help?
Yes. Algebraic loops, solver settings, unstable parameters and wiring mistakes are the usual causes. Sessions track down which one it is and explain why it happens.
Can you help with Simulink models for control systems?
Yes. Control systems is where Simulink is used most, including feedback loops, PID controllers and state-space models.
Do you cover Simscape Electrical?
Simscape Electrical can be covered where it is part of your course. Send us the model or topic so we can confirm the fit.
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Get help with Simulink
Tell us what you are modelling and where you are stuck. Related MATLAB work or control topics can be requested too.
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