Digital Input (Single Sample)

Acquire single sample from multiple digital lines of data acquisition device

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Libraries:
Data Acquisition Toolbox

Description

The Digital Input (Single Sample) block synchronously outputs the latest scan of data available from the digital lines selected at each simulation time step. It acquires unbuffered digital data, and delivers this as a vector of boolean values.

The block has no input ports. It has one or more output ports, depending on the option you choose in its dialog box.

The block inherits the sample time of the model. Digital input acquisition is done synchronously, according to the following diagram.

At the first time step (T1), data is acquired from the selected hardware lines. The simulation does not continue until data is read from all lines.

Note

To use this block, you need both Data Acquisition Toolbox™ and Simulink^® software.

Some devices are not supported by the Simulink blocks in Data Acquisition Toolbox. To see if your device supports Simulink, refer to Supported Hardware.

Other Supported Features

• This block supports the use of text accelerator mode, but not Rapid Accelerator or code generation.

• The block supports the use of model referencing, so that your model can include other Simulink models as modular components.

For more information on these features, see the Simulink documentation.

Ports

Output

Data — Acquired digital input

boolean

Acquired digital input data, returned as booleans. If using only one output port for all lines, the output is a 1-by-N vector for N channels. If using a port for each line, each scan results in a single boolean on each port. Multiple ports are named by line names or device specified line IDs.

Data Types: Boolean

Timestamp — Timestamp of scan

double

Timestamp of scan, returned as a double. This port is available when you check the Output timestamp parameter.

Data Types: double

Parameters

Device — Device from which you want to acquire data

The device from which you want to acquire data. The items in the list vary, depending on which devices you have connected to your system. Devices in the list are specified by adaptor or vendor name and unique device ID, followed by the model name of the device, for example, ni Dev1 (USB-6255). The first available device is selected by default. A CompactDAQ chassis would be shown as a single device identified by vendor name, chassis ID, and chassis model; for example, ni cDAQ2 (cDAQ-9172).

Lines — Device line selection and configuration

options depend on device

Line ID — ID of the hardware line (for example, port0/line0). This is automatically detected and filled in by the selected device, and is read-only.

Name — Hardware line name. This is automatically detected and filled in from the hardware, though you can edit the name.

Module — Device ID that the line belongs to. The Module column is read-only. If a CompactDAQ chassis is selected, it shows the ID of the CompactDAQ module which the line belongs to; otherwise the ID of the device.

Number of ports — Number of output data ports

1 for all lines | 1 per line

Number of output data ports, specified as:

1 for all lines — The block has only one output port for all of the lines that are selected in the table. Acquired data is returned as a 1-by-N vector of boolean values, whose size is the number of lines.

1 per line — The block has one output port per selected line. Data is returned as a 1-by-1 boolean value on each port. The name of each output port is the name specified in the table for each line. If no name is provided, the name is the Line ID. For example, if line 2 of hardware port 3 is selected, and you did not specify a name in the line table, port3/line2 appears in the block. Data size for each line is 1-by-1.

Sample time — Block execution rate

1 (default)

Specifies the sample time of the block during the simulation. This is the rate at which the block is executed during simulation. The default value is 1 (simulation seconds). For more information, see Timing in Hardware Interface Models and What Is Sample Time? (Simulink).

Output timestamp — Add timestamp output port

Select this option to output the absolute timestamp of the scan. This option adds a new output port to the block. The data type of this port is double (datenum), which corresponds to a serial date number. You can convert the datenum into a datetime value with the datetime function.

Version History

Introduced in R2016b