Simulink

19 January 2019 12:56 PM

• Subsystems - virtual or non-virtual

○ Nonvirtual subsystem - evaluated as a single unit (atomic execution), conditionally executed
(triggering, function-call, action, or enabling input)
○ Virtual subsystems – Subsystem is neither conditionally nor atomically execuited
○ Codereuse subsystem - Treat as atomic unit selected and the parameter Function
packaging set to Reusable function
• Datatypes
○ Simulink default datatype - double
○ Constant block, whose output data type is determined by the data type of its parameter.
○ Virtual blocks accept signals of any type on their inputs - eg: Mux and Demux blocks and
unconditionally executed subsystems.
○ Connecting a non-double signal to a block disables zero-crossing detection for that block.
• Virtual Signals - a signal that graphically represents other signals or parts of other signals - purely
graphical entities with no mathematical or physical significance
○ Eg: Mux block: does not combine signals in any functional sense: it exists only virtually, and
its only purpose is to simplify the visual appearance of a model. Using a mux has no effect
on simulation or generated code
• Vector Concatenate block - for arrays/vectors.

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