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Data Type Duplicate

Force all inputs to same data type

  • Data Type Duplicate block

Libraries:
Simulink / Signal Attributes
HDL Coder / Signal Attributes

Description

The Data Type Duplicate block forces all inputs to have the same data type. Other attributes of input signals, such as dimension, complexity, and sample time, are independent.

You can use the Data Type Duplicate block to check for consistency of data types among blocks. If all signals do not have the same data type, the block returns an error message.

The Data Type Duplicate block is typically used such that one signal to the block controls the data type for all other blocks. The other blocks are set to inherit their data types via backpropagation.

The block can also be useful in a user created library. These library blocks can be placed in any model, and the data type for all library blocks are configured according to the usage in the model. To create a library block with more complex data type rules than duplication, use the Data Type Propagation block.

Ports

Input

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First input signal, specified as a scalar, vector, matrix, or N-D array. If all signals do not have the same data type, the block returns an error message.

Data Types: single | double | half | int8 | int16 | int32 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | string | Boolean | fixed point | enumerated

Nth input signal, specified as a scalar, vector, matrix, or N-D array. If all signals do not have the same data type, the block returns an error message.

Data Types: single | double | half | int8 | int16 | int32 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | string | Boolean | fixed point | enumerated

Parameters

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Specify the number of inputs to this block as a real-valued positive integer.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: NumInputPorts
Type: character vector
Values: real-valued positive integer
Default: '2'

Block Characteristics

Data Types

Boolean | bus | double | enumerated | fixed point | half | integer | single | string

Direct Feedthrough

no

Multidimensional Signals

yes

Variable-Size Signals

yes

Zero-Crossing Detection

no

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using Simulink® Coder™.

PLC Code Generation
Generate Structured Text code using Simulink® PLC Coder™.

Fixed-Point Conversion
Design and simulate fixed-point systems using Fixed-Point Designer™.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a