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In Simulink, how can I differentiate an non-smooth function

Hello,
   using the continuous function integrator, I get a sinusoidal-like function after integrating an triangle wave function by twice . However, when I tried to differentiate the sinusoidal-like function by twice using the continuous function derivative block, I cannot get the original triangle wave function any more. Does anyone can suggest me a better way to differentiate the sinusoidal-like function?

You're doing numerical differentiation, hence the (doubly integrated then doubly diff'ed) signal will be a delayed version of the original, with there also being some difference at the beginning (while the calculation initializes).
There's no way to get around that.

Are you seeing something other than that?

Phil.

"Phil Goddard" <phil@goddardconsulting.ca> wrote in message <k90fh4$2ho$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
>
> You're doing numerical differentiation, hence the (doubly integrated then doubly diff'ed) signal will be a delayed version of the original, with there also being some difference at the beginning (while the calculation initializes).
> There's no way to get around that.
>
> Are you seeing something other than that?
>
> Phil.

Thanks for help. I am actually looking for a way to avoid the time delay and keep graphs in the same phase.