RELEASE NOTES
Altair Embed® 2022.1
Altair Embed, Altair Embed SE, Altair Embed Basic, and Altair Embed Viewer
© Altair Engineering, Inc. All Rights Reserved. / altair.com / Nasdaq: ALTR / Contact Us
Release Notes / Altair Embed, Altair Embed SE, Altair Embed Basic, and Altair Embed Viewer
Release Notes Altair Embed 2022.1
These Release Notes cover four products: Altair Embed, Altair Embed Basic, Altair Embed SE, and Altair Embed Viewer. They include
new features and enhancements, known issues, and resolved simulation and code generation issues.
The most significant addition to the 2022.1 release is the availability of Embed, Embed SE, and Embed Basic as 64-bit applications.
The advantages are twofold: Embed can exchange data with other 64-bit applications, and Embed can more precisely simulate
diagrams that retain large amounts of data and run with small time steps.
Additionally, the new eDrives add-on module, available as a separate purchase and install, provides a highly efficient environment
covering all phases of developing control systems for a wide range of electric drives covering most electrical machines used in industry.
By using the eDrives blocks and ready-to-use examples, you can shorten the development time to implement embedded electrical
control systems.
General Enhancements
General Enhancements Description Version
64-bit software Embed, Embed SE, and Embed Basic supports 2022.1
64-bit configuration
DLL Wizard Supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 2022.1
File > Save Saves diagrams as VSMX files and uses ZIP 2022.1
compression to save the associated files with
the diagrams
File > Send Sends VSMX diagrams with their associated 2022.1
files
Local Help installation instructions Improved directions for installing local help 2022.1
Optimization method Expands methods to include Generalized 2022.1
Reduced Gradient
Blocks Description Version
eDrives blocks Provides a highly efficient environment 2022.1
covering all phases of developing control
systems for electric drives; license available
separately
Flip block Reverses the elements in a matrix or vector 2022.1
either horizontally or vertically.
Import block Recognizes the semi-colon character as a 2022.1
delimiter in imported data files
OpenVision: Draw Lines, Draw Rectangles, Includes line type specification 2022.1
Draw Circles blocks
© Altair Engineering, Inc. All Rights Reserved. / altair.com / Nasdaq: ALTR / Contact Us 1
Release Notes / Altair Embed, Altair Embed SE, Altair Embed Basic, and Altair Embed Viewer
Blocks Description Version
PSIMCoupler block Links an Altair PSIM® schematic to an Embed 2022.1
diagram
State Chart block Synchronizes default state chart execution with 2022.1
time steps in the Embed diagram
Code Generation Enhancements
These features and enhancements apply only to Altair Embed and Altair Embed Basic; they do not apply to Altair Embed SE.
Code Generation Enhancements Description Version
Arduino target support Expands target support to include Nano boards 2022.1
Raspberry Pi OS support Expands OS support to include Bullseye OS 2022.1
STMicroelectronics target support Expands target support to include STM32 2022.1
F103x, H7x, and WBx boards
STMicroelectronics peripheral support Expands peripheral support to include Hall 2022.1
Sensor and Set PWM Mode blocks
Texas Instruments target support • Expands target support to include 2022.1
F280025 and F2838x microcontrollers
• C2407 target support has been retired
Texas Instruments peripheral support • Provides internal and external voltage 2022.1
reference
• F2838x supports XBAR, CMPC, and
CMPD
Known Issues
• ActiveX blocks are 32-bit and do not work with 64-bit applications
• Under Examples > Embedded > Linux > Raspberry Pi > SPI, the following two diagrams produce incorrect temperature
values: SPI0_TC77_RPi3BPlus and SPI1_TC77_RPiBPlus
• OPC is 32-bit and does not work with 64-bit applications
• Embed supports only 32-bit OS on Raspberry Pi
• Target Issues:
o Arduino: HIL for string outputs does not work
o Linux: Diagrams set up to run on Linux targets using the Target Interface block may show spikes in CPU utilization
due to the multiprocess nature of how Linux processes are scheduled
o Raspberry Pi: HIL for string outputs does not work
• If you choose Chrome as your Browser for Help, and Help opens in an empty window, close Chrome and then re-open Help
© Altair Engineering, Inc. All Rights Reserved. / altair.com / Nasdaq: ALTR / Contact Us 2
Release Notes / Altair Embed, Altair Embed SE, Altair Embed Basic, and Altair Embed Viewer
Resolved GUI Issues
Issue Resolved In
Browse button on dialog boxes not consistently working 2022.1
Compound blocks: Incorrect compound block colors when Local Time Step or
2022.1
Execute on Interrupt is selected
Default install directory is not path relative if environmental variable is not
2022.1
found
Diagrams with OLEobject blocks are not saved 2022.1
Embed, Embed SE, and Embed Basic: Local Help is a separate install 2022.1
File > Save As Metafile not working 2022.1
Online Help is not the default when Embed starts up 2022.1
Missing menus when last diagram is closed is not documented 2022.1
MQTT block: Hide password 2022.1
Plot, StripChart, and PolarPlot blocks: Inconsistent terminology for Axis tab 2022.1
Resolved Simulation Issues
Issue Resolved In
Bezel block: Cannot load PNG file 2022.1
Compound blocks: Local bound not working 2022.1
Convert block: Error when converting 32-bit numbers to unsigned long 2022.1
Definition scope variable block: Incorrect operation 2022.1
DialogTable block not working 2022.1
Discrete 7th order transfer function: Incorrect results 2022.1
Expression block: Bitwise XOR operator not documented 2022.1
Import block: Time skew 2022.1
MQTT blocks: Keep Alive parameter default setting not 60 sec 2022.1
Optimization dialog box: Max Iterations parameter should be Max
2022.1
Optimization Steps and User Optimization needs to be added
Optimization fails to obey upper and lower bounds 2022.1
© Altair Engineering, Inc. All Rights Reserved. / altair.com / Nasdaq: ALTR / Contact Us 3
Release Notes / Altair Embed, Altair Embed SE, Altair Embed Basic, and Altair Embed Viewer
Issue Resolved In
Plot block: Bogus bounds on small plot windows 2022.1
Plot block: copy/paste into Word not working 2022.1
Plot block: incorrect description of Fixed Bounds 2022.1
Plot block: Max bounds defaults to 4096 rather than 0 2022.1
Plot block: time scaling does not work 2022.1
Serial block: missing received data 2022.1
Resolved Code Generation Issues
These issues apply to Altair Embed and Altair Embed Basic; they do not apply to Altair Embed SE.
Issue Resolved
AMD 64: Green bar in Download screen not working correctly 2022.1
Arduino: SerialUno example outputs incorrect data 2022.1
Arduino: Target Interface block: Sample rate does not work 2022.1
Arduino: UDP blocks: Help button not working 2022.1
Built-in C interpret chokes on legal code 2022.1
ePWM blocks: Help does not describe input pins 2022.1
HOST: Autocodegen fails 2022.1
Raspberry Pi: PWM for sim: Change Period Dynamically parameter not
2022.1
working
State Chart compiler does not support double-slash comments 2022.1
Target Interface block: Path aliases on example diagrams not working 2022.1
Target Interface block: Show CPU Utilization parameter not working for all
2022.1
integration methods except Euler
Texas Instruments: ADC Analog Input sim block: Add Unit dropdown to dialog
2022.1
box
Texas Instruments: ADC Config incorrectly handles dual sampling 2022.1
© Altair Engineering, Inc. All Rights Reserved. / altair.com / Nasdaq: ALTR / Contact Us 4
Release Notes / Altair Embed, Altair Embed SE, Altair Embed Basic, and Altair Embed Viewer
Issue Resolved In
Texas Instruments: ePWM block: Incorrect labels on output pins 2022.1
Texas Instruments: ePWM sim block: Add output enable pin 2022.1
Texas Instruments: Flash F280049c closes JTAG connection 2022.1
Texas Instruments: GPIO Config sets up GPIO input qualification 2022.1
STM32: Restart on Reset with ELF doesn’t work 2022.1
Where to learn more about Altair Embed
The software and documentation for the new version of the Embed product line is available on Altair One.
Download a 14-day trial version of the software.
Go to the Embed webpage.
© Altair Engineering, Inc. All Rights Reserved. / altair.com / Nasdaq: ALTR / Contact Us 5
