blockBooleanTable

Generate a Boolean output signal based on a vector of time instants

Extends from Interfaces.partialBooleanSO (Partial block with 1 output Boolean signal).

Information

The Boolean output y is a signal defined by parameter vector table. In the vector time points are stored. The table interpolation has the following properties:

  • At every time point, the output y changes its value to the negated value of the previous one.
  • Values outside of the table range, are computed by extrapolation according to the setting of parameter extrapolation:
    extrapolation = 1: Hold the startValue or last value of the table,
                       if outside of the table scope.
                  = 2: Extrapolate by using the derivative at the first/last table
                       points if outside of the table scope.
                       (This setting is not suitable and triggers an assert.)
                  = 3: Periodically repeat the table data (periodical function).
                  = 4: No extrapolation, i.e. extrapolation triggers an error
    
  • Via parameter shiftTime the curve defined by the table can be shifted in time. The time instants stored in the table are therefore relative to shiftTime.
  • If time < startTime, no interpolation is performed and false is used as ordinate value for the output.
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The precise semantics is:

if size(table,1) == 0 then
   y = startValue;
else
   //            time < table[1]: y = startValue
   // table[1] ≤ time < table[2]: y = not startValue
   // table[2] ≤ time < table[3]: y = startValue
   // table[3] ≤ time < table[4]: y = not startValue
   // ...
end if;

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Table data definition
SI.Time[:]table{0, 1}Vector of time points. At every time point, the output y gets its opposite value (e.g., table={0,1})
Table data interpretation
BooleanstartValuefalseStart value of y. At time = table[1], y changes to 'not startValue'
Modelica.Blocks.Types.ExtrapolationextrapolationModelica.Blocks.Types.Extrapolation.HoldLastPointExtrapolation of data outside the definition range
SI.TimestartTime-Modelica.Constants.infOutput = false for time < startTime
SI.TimeshiftTime0Shift time of table

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Blocks.Interfaces.BooleanOutputy (from partialBooleanSO)Connector of Boolean output signal

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
CombiTimeTablecombiTimeTable
Modelica.Blocks.Math.RealToBooleanrealToBoolean

Contents

NameDescription
isValidTableprotectedCheck if table is valid