Compare To Zero

Determine how signal compares to zero

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Libraries:
Simulink / Logic and Bit Operations
HDL Coder / Logic and Bit Operations

Description

The Compare To Zero block compares an input signal to zero. Specify how the input is compared to zero with the Operator parameter.

The output is 0 if the comparison is false, and 1 if it is true.

Examples

Bounded Variable-Size Signal Basic Operations

Generate bounded variable-size signals and illustrates some of the operations using those signals. In this example, you generate variable-size signals using the Selector block and the Switch block. The signals are used in math operations, bus creation, bus selection, matrix concatenation and to implement a discrete filter equation.

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Ports

Input

Port_1 — Input signal

scalar | vector | matrix

Input signal, specified as scalar, vector, or matrix, is compared with zero. If the input data type cannot represent zero, parameter overflow occurs. To detect this overflow, go to the Diagnostics > Data Validity pane of the Configuration Parameters dialog box and set Parameters > Detect overflow to warning or error.

In this case, the block compares the input signal to the ground value of the input data type. For example, if you have an input signal of type fixdt(0,8,2^0,10), the input data type can represent unsigned 8-bit integers from 10 to 265 due to a bias of 10. The ground value is 10, instead of 0.

Data Types: half | single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | Boolean | fixed point

Output

Port_1 — Output signal

0 | 1 | scalar | vector | matrix

The output is 0 if the comparison is false, and 1 if it is true.

The block output is uint8 or boolean, depending on your selection for the Output data type parameter.

Data Types: uint8 | Boolean

Parameters

Operator — Logical operator

<= (default) | == | ~= | < | >= | >

This parameter can have the following values:

• == — Determine whether the input is equal to zero.

• ~= — Determine whether the input is not equal to zero.

• < — Determine whether the input is less than zero.

• <= — Determine whether the input is less than or equal to zero.

• > — Determine whether the input is greater than zero.

• >= — Determine whether the input is greater than or equal to zero.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: relop

Type: character vector

Values: '==' | '~='| '<' |'<='| '>='| '>'

Default: '<='

Output data type — Data type of the output

boolean (default) | uint8

Specify the data type of the output, boolean or uint8.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: OutDataTypeStr

Type: character vector

Values:'boolean' | 'uint8'

Default: 'boolean'

Enable zero-crossing detection — Select to enable zero-crossing detection

on (default) | off

Select to enable zero-crossing detection. For more information, see Zero-Crossing Detection.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: ZeroCross

Type: character vector

Values: 'off' | 'on'

Default: 'on'

Block Characteristics

Data Types	Boolean | double | fixed point | half | integer | single
Direct Feedthrough	yes
Multidimensional Signals	yes
Variable-Size Signals	yes
Zero-Crossing Detection	yes

More About

Model Coverage

If you have a Simulink^® Coverage™ license, the Compare To Zero block receives condition coverage.

Condition coverage measures:

• The number of times that the comparison between the input and zero is true

• The number of times that the comparison between the input and zero is false

If you select the Relational boundary (Simulink Coverage) coverage metric, the Compare To Zero block receives relational boundary coverage. For more information, see Relational Boundary Coverage (Simulink Coverage).

Extended Capabilities

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

HDL Code Generation

Generate VHDL, Verilog and SystemVerilog code for FPGA and ASIC designs using HDL Coder™.

HDL Coder™ provides additional configuration options that affect HDL implementation and synthesized logic.

HDL Architecture

This block has one default HDL architecture.

HDL Block Properties

ConstrainedOutputPipeline	Number of registers to place at the outputs by moving existing delays within your design. Distributed pipelining does not redistribute these registers. The default is 0. For more details, see ConstrainedOutputPipeline (HDL Coder).
InputPipeline	Number of input pipeline stages to insert in the generated code. Distributed pipelining and constrained output pipelining can move these registers. The default is 0. For more details, see InputPipeline (HDL Coder).
OutputPipeline	Number of output pipeline stages to insert in the generated code. Distributed pipelining and constrained output pipelining can move these registers. The default is 0. For more details, see OutputPipeline (HDL Coder).

Complex Data Support

This block supports code generation for complex signals.

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