How do you create a Simulink Block for hardware when a .dll is provided?

After watching the video Creating a Simulink Block Using MATLAB Code, which shows how to create a Simulink Block for hardware when you have the C/C++ source files, I am wondering how you would create a block if you had a .dll file instead of C/C++ source code.

(This question based on the comment made to the File Exchange entry associated with the aforementioned video)

Answer 1

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You should be able to add a precompiled library to your Simulink Block in the same way described in the example:

Encapsulate Interface to an External C Library

The method for creating Simulink Blocks described in the video mentioned in the question uses a MATLAB class that inherits from the coder.ExternalDependency class, just like the class in this example. This example shows the functions:

• buildInfo.addLinkObjects
• buildInfo.addNonBuildFiles

which, in this case, are used to add a .lib file and a .dll file to the buildInfo respectively.