Enabled Resettable Delay

Delay input signal by fixed or variable sample periods when external Enable signal is true and external Reset signal is false

Since R2024b

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Libraries:
HDL Coder / Discrete
Simulink / Discrete

Description

The Enabled Resettable Delay block delays the input signal by a number of time steps when the Enable signal is true and Reset signal is false. When the Reset signal is true, the state and output signal take the value of the Initial condition parameter. The block supports:

• Variable delay length

• State storage

• Using a circular buffer instead of an array buffer for state storage

• Resetting the state to the initial condition with an external reset signal

• Controlling execution of the block at every time step with an external enable signal

Ports

Input

u — Data input signal

scalar | vector

Input data signal delayed according to parameters settings.

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

d — Delay length

scalar

Delay length specified as inherited from an input port. Enabled when you select the Delay length: Source parameter as Input port.

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

Enable — External enable signal

scalar

Enable signal that enables or disables execution of the block. To create this port, select the Show enable port parameter.

Data Types: Boolean

External reset — External reset signal

scalar

External signal that resets execution of the block to the initial condition. To create this port, select the External reset parameter.

Data Types: Boolean

x0 — Initial condition

scalar | vector

Initial condition specified as inherited from an input port. Enabled when you select the Initial Condition: Source parameter as Input port.

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

Output

Port_1 — Output signal

scalar | vector

Output signal that is the input signal delayed by the length of time specified by the parameter Delay length. The initial value of the output signal depends on several conditions. See Delay.

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

Parameters

To edit block parameters interactively, use the Property Inspector. From the Simulink^® Toolstrip, on the Simulation tab, in the Prepare gallery, select Property Inspector.

Main

Delay length — Delay length

Dialog (default) | Input port

Specify whether to enter the delay length directly on the dialog box (fixed delay) or to inherit the delay from an input port (variable delay).

• If you set Source to Dialog, enter the delay length in the edit field under Value.

• If you set Source to Input port, verify that an upstream signal supplies a delay length for the d input port. You can also specify its maximum value by specifying the parameter Upper limit.

Specify the scalar delay length as a real, non-negative integer. An out-of-range or non-integer value in the dialog box (fixed delay) returns an error. An out-of-range value from an input port (variable delay) casts it into the range. A noninteger value from an input port (variable delay) truncates it to the integer.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: DelayLengthSource

Type: character vector

Values: 'Dialog' | 'Input port'

Default: 'Dialog'

Block Parameter: DelayLength

Type: character vector

Values: scalar

Default: '2'

Block Parameter: DelayLengthUpperLimit

Type: character vector

Values: scalar

Default: '100'

Initial condition — Initial condition

Dialog (default) | Input port

Specify whether to enter the initial condition directly on the dialog box or to inherit the initial condition from an input port.

• If you set Source to Dialog, enter the initial condition in the edit field under Value.

• If you set Source to Input port, verify that an upstream signal supplies an initial condition for the x0 input port.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: InitialConditionSource

Type: character vector

Values: 'Dialog' | 'Input port'

Default: 'Dialog'

Block Parameter: InitialCondition

Type: character vector

Values: scalar

Default: '0.0'

Input processing — Specify sample- or frame-based processing

Elements as channels (sample based) (default) | Columns as channels (frame based)

Specify whether the block performs sample- or frame-based processing:

• Columns as channels (frame based) — Treat each column of the input as a separate channel (frame-based processing).

  Note

  Frame-based processing requires a DSP System Toolbox™ license.

  For more information, see Sample- and Frame-Based Concepts (DSP System Toolbox).

• Elements as channels (sample based) — Treat each element of the input as a separate channel (sample-based processing).

Use Input processing to specify whether the block performs sample- or frame-based processing. For more information about these two processing modes, see Sample- and Frame-Based Concepts (DSP System Toolbox).

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: InputProcessing

Type: character vector

Values: 'Columns as channels (frame based)' | 'Elements as channels (sample based)'

Default: 'Elements as channels (sample based)'

Use circular buffer for state — Circular buffer for storing state

off (default) | on

Select to use a circular buffer for storing the state in simulation and code generation. Otherwise, an array buffer stores the state.

Using a circular buffer can improve execution speed when the delay length is large. For an array buffer, the number of copy operations increases as the delay length goes up. For a circular buffer, the number of copy operations is constant for increasing delay length.

If one of the following conditions is true, an array buffer always stores the state because a circular buffer does not improve execution speed.

• For sample-based signals, the delay length is 1.

• For frame-based signals, the delay length is no larger than the frame size.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: UseCircularBuffer

Type: character vector

Values: 'off' | 'on'

Default: 'off'

Prevent direct feedthrough — Prevent direct feedthrough

off (default) | on

Select to increase the delay length from zero to the lower limit for the Input processing mode.

• For sample-based signals, increase the minimum delay length to 1.

• For frame-based signals, increase the minimum delay length to the frame length.

Selecting this check box prevents direct feedthrough from the input port, u, to the output port. However, this check box cannot prevent direct feedthrough from the initial condition port, x0, to the output port.

Dependency

To enable this parameter, set Delay length: Source to Input port.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: PreventDirectFeedthrough

Type: character vector

Values: 'off' | 'on'

Default: 'off'

Remove delay length check in generated code — Remove delay length out-of-range check

off (default) | on

Select to remove code that checks for out-of-range delay length.

Check Box	Result	When to Use
Selected	Generated code does not include conditional statements to check for out-of-range delay length.	For code efficiency
Cleared	Generated code includes conditional statements to check for out-of-range delay length.	For safety-critical applications

Dependency

To enable this parameter, set Delay length: Source to Input port.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: RemoveDelayLengthCheckInGeneratedCode

Type: character vector

Values: 'off' | 'on'

Default: 'off'

Diagnostic for delay length — Diagnostic checks for delay length

None (default) | Warning | Error

Specify whether to produce a warning or error when the input d is less than the lower limit or greater than the Delay length: Upper limit. The lower limit depends on the setting for Prevent direct feedthrough.

• If the check box is cleared, the lower limit is zero.

• If the check box is selected, the lower limit is 1 for sample-based signals and frame length for frame-based signals.

Options for the diagnostic include:

• None — Simulink software takes no action.

• Warning — Simulink software displays a warning and continues the simulation.

• Error — Simulink software terminates the simulation and displays an error.

Dependency

To enable this parameter, set Delay length: Source to Input port.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: DiagnosticForDelayLength

Type: character vector

Values: 'None' | 'Warning' | 'Error'

Default: 'None'

Show enable port — Create enable port

on (default) | off

Select to control execution of this block with an enable port. The block is considered enabled when the input to this port is nonzero, and is disabled when the input is 0. The value of the input is checked at the same time step as the block execution.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: ShowEnablePort

Type: character vector

Values: 'off' | 'on'

Default: 'on'

External reset — External state reset

None (default) | Rising | Falling | Either | Level | Level hold

Specify the trigger event to use to reset the states to the initial conditions.

Reset Mode	Behavior
None	No reset
Rising	Reset on a rising edge
Falling	Reset on a falling edge
Either	Reset on either a rising or falling edge
Level	Reset in either of these cases: When the reset signal is nonzero at the current time step When the reset signal value changes from nonzero at the previous time step to zero at the current time step
Level hold	Reset when the reset signal is nonzero at the current time step

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: ExternalReset

Type: character vector

Values: 'None' | 'Rising' | 'Falling' | 'Either' | 'Level' | 'Level hold'

Default: 'None'

Sample time (-1 for inherited) — Discrete interval between sample time hits

-1 (default) | scalar

Specify the time interval between samples. To inherit the sample time, set this parameter to -1. This block supports discrete sample time, but not continuous sample time.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: SampleTime

Type: character vector

Value: real scalar

Default: '-1'

State Attributes

State name — Unique name for block state

'' (default) | alphanumeric string

Use this parameter to assign a unique name to the block state. The default is ' '. When this field is blank, no name is assigned. When using this parameter, remember these considerations:

• A valid identifier starts with an alphabetic or underscore character, followed by alphanumeric or underscore characters.

• The state name applies only to the selected block.

This parameter enables State name must resolve to Simulink signal object when you click Apply.

For more information, see C Data Code Interface Configuration for Model Interface Elements.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: StateName

Type: character vector

Values: unique name

Default: ''

State name must resolve to Simulink signal object — Option to require that state names resolve to signal object

off (default) | on

Specify whether state names are required to resolve to signal objects. If selected, the software generates an error at run time if you specify a state name that does not match the name of a signal object.

Selecting this parameter disables the Code generation storage class parameter.

Dependencies

Enabled when you specify a value for the State name parameter and set the Signal resolution model configuration parameter to a value other than None.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: StateMustResolveToSignalObject

Type: character vector

Values: 'off' | 'on'

Default: 'off'

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 configuration options that affect HDL implementation and synthesized logic.

Block Parameter Setting	Description
Set External reset to Level.	Generates a reset port in the HDL code.
Select Show enable port.	Generates an enable port in the HDL code.
For Initial condition, set Source to Dialog and enter the value.	Specifies an initial condition for the block.
Set Input processing to Columns as channels (frame based) or Elements as channels (sample based).	Expects vector input data, where each element of the vector represents a sample in time.

Additional Settings When Using State Control Block

If you use a State Control block with the Delay block inside a subsystem in your Simulink model, use these additional settings.

Block Parameter Setting	Description
Set External reset to Level hold for Synchronous mode and Level for Classic mode of the State Control block.	Generates a reset port in the HDL code.
Set Delay length to zero for a Delay block with an external enable port.	Treated as a wire in only Synchronous mode of the State Control block.
Set Delay length to zero for a Delay block with an external reset port.	Treated as a wire in Synchronous and Classic modes of the State Control block.

For more information about the State Control block, see State Control.

HDL Architecture

This block has one default HDL architecture.

HDL Block Properties

AllowDelayDistribution	Allow delay to be distributed or absorbed during the distributed pipelining and delay absorption optimizations. The default is inherit. For more details, see AllowDelayDistribution.
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.
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.
ResetType	Suppress reset logic generation. The default is default, which generates reset logic. See also ResetType.
UseRAM	Map delays to RAM instead of registers. The default is off. See also UseRAM.

Variable Integer Delay Support

• You can generate HDL code for the Delay block that has Delay Length set through the Input port. Input delay length can be integer types or floating-point types.

• The code generation supports positive integer values at the 'd' port of the delay block. The delay length set through the input port must be between 0 and Upper limit, specified in the Block Parameters dialog box.

• For negative delay length values, HDL Coder translates these negative delay length to 0.

• Similarly, if you specify delay length greater than the upper limit, HDL Coder translates the delay length to the Upper limit value.

• Upper limit range is defined by the range of the delay length input data type. For example, if you specify delay length input data type as uint8, then the upper limit must not exceed 255.

• You can use enable and reset ports for the variable integer Delay block.

Complex Data Support

This block supports code generation for complex signals.

Restrictions

• For Initial condition, Source set to Input port is not supported for HDL code generation.

• HDL code generation supports only the Boolean data type at the Reset and Enable ports.

• HDL Block Property UseRAM for RAM mapping is not supported for Delay block that has Delay Length set through the Input port.

• The Delay block that has Delay Length set through the Input port does not support bus and matrix data input for HDL code generation.

Version History

Introduced in R2024b