PS Ceil

Output the smallest integer larger than or equal to input physical signal

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Libraries:
Simscape / Foundation Library / Physical Signals / Nonlinear Operators

Description

The PS Ceil block rounds the input physical signal toward positive infinity, that is, to the nearest integer larger than or equal to the input value:

$$O=ceil(I)$$

where

I	Physical signal at the input port
O	Physical signal at the output port

Both the input and the output are physical signals. Untyped physical ports facilitate the signal size propagation. However, arguments passed to rounding functions (such as ceil) must be dimensionless. Therefore, the input signal must have the unit of 1 (unitless), and the output signal is also unitless.

Ports

Input

I — Input physical signal, untyped

physical signal

Input physical signal. Arguments passed to rounding functions (such as ceil) must be dimensionless. Therefore, the input signal does not have to be a scalar but must have the unit of 1 (unitless).

The port name is not visible in the block icon, but you can see this name in the underlying source file by clicking the Source code link in the Description tab of the block dialog box.

Output

O — Output physical signal, untyped

physical signal

Output physical signal.

The port name is not visible in the block icon, but you can see this name in the underlying source file by clicking the Source code link in the Description tab of the block dialog box.

Extended Capabilities

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

Version History

Introduced in R2009a

R2019a: Unit Propagation

Prior to R2019a, this block did not propagate physical units.

If your model contains legacy blocks without unit propagation, use the Upgrade Advisor to upgrade your blocks to the latest version. For more information, see Upgrading Models with Legacy Physical Signal Blocks.