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Timer

Purpose

Generate a piece-wise constant signal.

Library

Extras/Control Blocks

Description

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The Timer block generates a signal that changes at discrete instants and is otherwise constant. You can use the Timer block e.g. in order to control switches such as circuit breakers.


Note  This block is only available for Matlab 7.0 or newer.

Parameters and Dialog Box

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Time values
A vector containing the transition times. This vector must have the same length as the vector of output values. Before the first transition time the output is zero.
Output values
A vector containing the output values corresponding to the transition times. This vector must have the same length as the vector of time values.