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From: Eric on 27 Jan 2010 03:50
Hello!

I have to use some trajectories (in time) within a simulink model. I don't want to use the look-up-table provided in simulink, because, as far as I understand, it only works with scalar values. I had to use plenty of them, and this would be very unhandy.

The "from workspace"-block in Simulink would be nearly perfect, but I have to restart the trajectories during the execution of the simulink-model. Is there any way to reset the time for this block, or for a subsystem in which this block could be placed? Or do you have any suggestions how to handle look-up tables (in "resetable" time) for vectors (and matrices)?
I want to create code with the rtw, therefore I cannot use the "matlab-function"-block with interp1.

If not, there's another question: Can I use some higher data-types or classes like struct or cells within an c-s-function if I want to create code with the rtw?

Eric
From: Ralph Schleicher on 27 Jan 2010 16:15
"Eric" <noemail(a)noemail.com> writes:

> I have to use some trajectories (in time) within a simulink model. I
> don't want to use the look-up-table provided in simulink, because, as
> far as I understand, it only works with scalar values. I had to use
> plenty of them, and this would be very unhandy.

Hi Eric,

no, lookup tables are IMHO vectorized. See the Simulink documentation.

> If not, there's another question: Can I use some higher data-types or
> classes like struct or cells within an c-s-function if I want to
> create code with the rtw?

No, you can only use scalars, vectors, and matrices. All non-double
numeric arrays, e.g. character arrays and logical arrays, will be
converted into C data type 'real_T'.

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From: Eric on 28 Jan 2010 11:53
Hi Ralph, thanks for your answers!

But according to the documentation only 1-by-n vectors for both the input values and the data table are supported for the "Simulink->Lookup Tables->Lookup Table"-Block.
Which version of Simulink do you refer to? I use Simulink 7.0 (2007b).

Best regards,
Eric
From: Ralph Schleicher on 28 Jan 2010 16:53
"Eric" <noemail(a)noemail.com> writes:

> But according to the documentation only 1-by-n vectors for both the
> input values and the data table are supported for the
> "Simulink->Lookup Tables->Lookup Table"-Block. Which version of
> Simulink do you refer to? I use Simulink 7.0 (2007b).

Hi Eric,

I always use the "nD Lookup Table" block, even for 1D and 2D lookup
tables. You can fine tune interpolation, extrapolation, caching...
It's available since Matlab 6 IIRC.

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From: Eric on 1 Feb 2010 08:16
Ralph Schleicher <rs+usenet(a)ralph-schleicher.de> wrote in message
> [...]
> I always use the "nD Lookup Table" block, even for 1D and 2D lookup
> tables. You can fine tune interpolation, extrapolation, caching...
> It's available since Matlab 6 IIRC.
> [...]

Hi Ralph,

I think I haven't described my problem well enough. I have some matrices, which depend on the time (e.g. the feedforward input, a regulator matrix, ...). Therefore, I need a look-up-table with a scalar input (time) and a m x n (matrix) output. The "nD Lookup Table" can handle more than one input, but I couldn't specifiy a data-matrix, such that the output is a vector or matrix. I.e., the "nD Lookup Table" represent a function of type
scalarvalue = f(scalar1, scalar2, ...)
whereas I have a function of type
vectorvalue = f(scalar)

I just solved the problem by creating my own c-s-function, considering the hint from your first reply. (But I'm always interested in learning how it would have been easier.)

Thanks,
Eric
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