Example 3: bouncing_ball.ipynb
Adapted from Mathworks's Simulation of a Bouncing Ball
Running a Simulation in Simulink also has some overhead. By compiling the model to a shared library and executing it, this overhead is eliminated.
bouncing_ball_benchmark.m benchmarks the model by testing increasingly smaller time steps. The model was then compiled and tested in Python and the corresponding times are recorded below.
| Time Step | Simulink Duration (s) | Python Duration (s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1e-4 | 0.5905 | 0.06 |
| 1e-5 | 1.0461 | 0.61 |
| 1e-6 | 8.1991 | 6.08 |
| 1e-7 | 78.9901 | 60.18 |