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LL

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rookie question: simple model in simulink
Aug 05^th, 2007, 1:39am

This is a rookie question because I'm rather new to simulink. I'm anlyzing error sources in ADC architectures and want to start with building a simple flash ADC in simulink. Off the back, I can't find a simple comparator block. I suppose I can start modeling the compator myself but I'm rather suprise there isn't one in the library ... at least not one I was able to find. Is there a compator block in the lib? If yes, where?

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Re: rookie question: simple model in simulink
Reply #1 - Aug 5^th, 2007, 4:17am

using basic simulink library blocks do a comparator you could use:

"Add" block for the input with rule (+-). A "Constant" block as the reference (-) input to the "Add" block
"Sign" block as the comparator decision
"Gain" block on the output to scale the comparator output

or something like the "Compare to Constant" block if you want a 0 or 1 output.

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LL

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Re: rookie question: simple model in simulink
Reply #2 - Aug 5^th, 2007, 9:17pm

ACWWong wrote on Aug 5^th, 2007, 4:17am:

using basic simulink library blocks do a comparator you could use:

"Add" block for the input with rule (+-). A "Constant" block as the reference (-) input to the "Add" block
"Sign" block as the comparator decision
"Gain" block on the output to scale the comparator output

or something like the "Compare to Constant" block if you want a 0 or 1 output.

From your reply, I'm taking that a comparator block isn't part of any library in Matlab. Thank you for the reply.

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Re: rookie question: simple model in simulink
Reply #3 - Aug 8^th, 2007, 11:50pm

Hey LL,

when developing models in Simulink you're sometimes a bit limited by the functionality of the blockset. But this can be solved easily, because Simulink allows you to include blocks which execute MATLAB code, which can be as complex as you want.

So if you don't find a comparator in the Simulink blockset (although I think there is one), you can write some custom MATLAB code to perform the comparison.

Regards

Peter

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