Ptolemy II Tutorial
The easiest way to learn how to use Ptolemy II is to download and install Ptolemy II and read
- Christopher Brooks, Edward A. Lee, Stephen Neuendorffer, and John Reekie, "Building Graphical Models,"
a chapter from
Claudius Ptolemaeus, Editor, "System Design, Modeling, and Simulation Using Ptolemy II", Ptolemy.org, 2014.
Within the Ptolemy II tree, tutorial source code may be found in $PTII/doc/tutorial.
In the Ptolemy II FAQ, see the Extending Ptolemy II section, especially
The following tutorials have been given over the years
- Ptolemy Tutorial: Creating Directors, December, 2013.
- Extending Ptolemy II - Creating Actors, WebEx capture of an April, 2013 e-seminar. (Takes about a minute to get started)
- Ptolemy Tutorial: Creating Directors, April 2013.
- Ptolemy Tutorial: Exploring Models of Computation with Ptolemy II, Scottsdale, AZ, October 24, 2010.
- Ptolemy Tutorial: Finite State Machines and Modal Models, 2009.
- 4.5 minute video tutorial (YouTube, Local Flash).
- Ptolemy Miniconference Tutorial, 2009.
- Edward A. Lee, Tutorial: Building Concurrent and Parallel Ptolemy II Models using ThreadedComposite," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2008-151, December 7, 2008.
- Ptolemy Miniconference Tutorial, 2007.
- Edward A. Lee and Stephen Neuendorffer, "Tutorial: Building Ptolemy II Models Graphically," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2007-129, October 31, 2007.
See also Accessors and CapeCode Tutorials.