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Electrical Port

Purpose

Add electrical connector to subsystem

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Description

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Electrical ports are used to establish electrical connections between a schematic and the subschematic of a subsystem. If you copy an Electrical Port block into the schematic of a subsystem, a terminal will be created on the subsystem block. The name of the port block will appear as the terminal label. If you choose to hide the block name, the terminal label will also disappear.

Terminals can be moved around the edges of the subsystem by holding down the Shift key while dragging the terminal with the left mouse button or by using the middle mouse button.

Electrical Ports in a Top-Level Schematic

In the PLECS Blockset, if an Electrical Port is placed in a top-level schematic, the PLECS Circuit block in the Simulink model will show a corresponding electrical terminal, which may be connected with other electrical terminals of the same or a different PLECS Circuit block. The Electrical Port is also assigned a unique physical port number. Together with the parameter Location on circuit block the port number determines the position of the electrical terminal of the PLECS Circuit block.

For compatibility reasons you can also place an Electrical Port in a top-level schematic in PLECS Standalone. However, since there is no parent system to connect to, such a port will act like an isolated node.

Parameter

Width
The width of the connected wire. The default auto means that the width is inherited from connected components.
Port number
If an Electrical Port is placed in a top-level schematic in the PLECS Blockset, this parameter determines the position, at which the corresponding terminal appears on the PLECS Circuit block.
Location on circuit block
If an Electrical Port is placed in a top-level schematic in the PLECS Blockset, this parameter specifies the side of the PLECS Circuit block, on which the corresponding terminal appears. By convention, left refers to the side, on which also input terminals are shown, and right refers to the side, on which also output terminals are shown.