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Compare To Zero

Determine how signal compares to zero

  • Compare To Zero block

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.

Ports

Input

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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

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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

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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: '<='

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

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: OutDataTypeStr
Type: character vector
Values:'boolean' | 'uint8'
Default: 'boolean'

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

Extended Capabilities

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

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