BACKLASH

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Contents

• Backlash

• • Palette

  • Description

  • Dialog box

  • Default properties

  • Interfacing function

  • Computational function

  • Authors

Palette

• discontinuities palette

Description

The Backlash block implements a system in which a change in input causes an equal change in output. However, when the input changes direction, an initial change in input has no effect on the output. The amount of side-to-side play in the system is referred to as the .

Dialog box

• initial output

  The initial output value.

  Properties : Type 'vec' of size 1

• gap

  The width of the dead-band.

  Properties : Type 'vec' of size 1

• use zero-crossing

  Select to enable use of zero crossing detection to detect engagement with lower and upper thresholds.

  Properties : Type 'vec' of size 1

Default properties

• always active: no

• direct-feedthrough: yes

• zero-crossing: yes

• mode: no

• regular inputs:

  - port 1 : size [1,1] / type 1

• regular outputs:

  - port 1 : size [1,1] / type 1

• number/sizes of activation inputs: 0

• number/sizes of activation outputs: 0

• continuous-time state: no

• discrete-time state: no

• object discrete-time state: no

• name of computational function: backlash

Interfacing function

• SCI/modules/scicos_blocks/macros/Misc/BACKLASH.sci

Computational function

• SCI/modules/scicos_blocks/src/c/backlash.c (Type 4)

Authors

Ramine Nikoukhah - INRIA