Hi, Please how can I build a PPM modulator in simulink. The block is not available in my matlab. i am using 2008b

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Fangjun Jiang
Fangjun Jiang on 19 Dec 2011
What is PPM?
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 19 Dec 2011
Pulse Position Modulation
ska109
ska109 on 13 Feb 2016
I've made it working somehow...
Yashwanth
Yashwanth on 28 Oct 2026 at 2:59
ppm full code
clc;
clear all;
close all;
% Binary PPM
fs = 100;
dt = 1/fs;
t1 = 0:dt:1-dt;
t2 = 1:dt:2-dt;
t = [t1 t2];
% PPM signals
s1 = [ones(1,length(t1)), zeros(1,length(t2))];
s2 = [zeros(1,length(t1)), ones(1,length(t2))];
% Plot transmitted signals
figure;
subplot(2,1,1);
plot(t,s1);
title('PPM Signal 1');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on;
subplot(2,1,2);
plot(t,s2);
title('PPM Signal 0');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on;
% Energy and first basis function
e1 = sum(s1.^2)*dt;
psi1 = s1/sqrt(e1);
% Second basis function using orthogonalization
s21 = sum(s2.*psi1)*dt;
d2 = s2-s21*psi1;
ed2 = sum(d2.^2)*dt;
psi2 = d2/sqrt(ed2);
% Plot basis functions
figure;
subplot(2,1,1);
plot(t,psi1);
title('Basis Function 1');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on;
subplot(2,1,2);
plot(t,psi2);
title('Basis Function 2');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on;
% Signal-space coordinates
s_11 = sum(s1.*psi1)*dt;
s_21 = sum(s2.*psi1)*dt;
s_12 = sum(s1.*psi2)*dt;
s_22 = sum(s2.*psi2)*dt;
figure;
stem([s_11 s_21],[s_12 s_22],'filled');
title('PPM Signal Space Representation');
xlabel('Coordinate 1');
ylabel('Coordinate 2');
grid on;
% AWGN with variances 0, 0.1, 1 and 2
n1 = sqrt(0)*randn(size(s1));
n2 = sqrt(0.1)*randn(size(s1));
n3 = sqrt(1)*randn(size(s1));
n4 = sqrt(2)*randn(size(s1));
% Received signals
r1 = s1+n1;
r2 = s1+n2;
r3 = s1+n3;
r4 = s1+n4;
r5 = s2+n1;
r6 = s2+n2;
r7 = s2+n3;
r8 = s2+n4;
% Plot received signals
figure;
subplot(4,2,1);
plot(t,r1);
title('Signal 1: Variance 0');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,2);
plot(t,r5);
title('Signal 0: Variance 0');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,3);
plot(t,r2);
title('Signal 1: Variance 0.1');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,4);
plot(t,r6);
title('Signal 0: Variance 0.1');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,5);
plot(t,r3);
title('Signal 1: Variance 1');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,6);
plot(t,r7);
title('Signal 0: Variance 1');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,7);
plot(t,r4);
title('Signal 1: Variance 2');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,8);
plot(t,r8);
title('Signal 0: Variance 2');
grid on;
% Correlation receiver
R = [r1; r2; r3; r4; r5; r6; r7; r8];
X = zeros(8,2);
for i = 1:8
X(i,1) = sum(R(i,:).*psi1)*dt;
X(i,2) = sum(R(i,:).*psi2)*dt;
end
% Plot signal-space coordinates for each variance
figure;
subplot(2,2,1);
stem(X([1 5],1),X([1 5],2),'filled');
title('Signal Space: Variance 0');
grid on;
subplot(2,2,2);
stem(X([2 6],1),X([2 6],2),'filled');
title('Signal Space: Variance 0.1');
grid on;
subplot(2,2,3);
stem(X([3 7],1),X([3 7],2),'filled');
title('Signal Space: Variance 1');
grid on;
subplot(2,2,4);
stem(X([4 8],1),X([4 8],2),'filled');
title('Signal Space: Variance 2');
grid on;
% Matched-filter impulse responses
h1 = fliplr(psi1);
h2 = fliplr(psi2);
% Matched-filter outputs for both basis functions
Y1 = zeros(8, length(t)+length(h1)-1);
Y2 = zeros(8, length(t)+length(h2)-1);
for i = 1:8
Y1(i,:) = conv(R(i,:),h1)*dt;
Y2(i,:) = conv(R(i,:),h2)*dt;
end
ty = 0:dt:2*(length(t)-1)*dt;
% Plot the matched-filter outputs
figure;
subplot(2,2,1);
plot(ty,Y1(1,:));
hold on;
plot(ty,Y1(5,:));
title('Matched Filter: Variance 0');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Output');
legend('Signal 1','Signal 0');
grid on;
subplot(2,2,2);
plot(ty,Y1(2,:));
hold on;
plot(ty,Y1(6,:));
title('Matched Filter: Variance 0.1');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Output');
legend('Signal 1','Signal 0');
grid on;
subplot(2,2,3);
plot(ty,Y1(3,:));
hold on;
plot(ty,Y1(7,:));
title('Matched Filter: Variance 1');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Output');
legend('Signal 1','Signal 0');
grid on;
subplot(2,2,4);
plot(ty,Y1(4,:));
hold on;
plot(ty,Y1(8,:));
title('Matched Filter: Variance 2');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Output');
legend('Signal 1','Signal 0');
grid on;
% Display correlation coordinates
disp('Rows: r1 through r8');
disp('Columns: basis function 1 and basis function 2');
disp(X);
Yashwanth
Yashwanth on 28 Oct 2026 at 3:00
PAM
clc;
clear all;
close all;
% BINARY PAM MODULATION AND DEMODULATION
fs = 100;
dt = 1/fs;
t = 0:dt:1;
% Binary PAM signals
s1 = ones(1,length(t));
s2 = -1*ones(1,length(t));
% Plotting signals
figure;
subplot(2,1,1);
plot(t,s1);
title('Signal 1');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on;
subplot(2,1,2);
plot(t,s2);
title('Signal 0');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on;
% Energy and basis function
e1 = sum(s1.*s1)*dt;
psi1 = s1/sqrt(e1);
figure;
subplot(2,1,1);
plot(t,psi1);
title('Basis Function 1');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on;
% Signal space representation
s_11 = sum(s1.*psi1)*dt;
s_21 = sum(s2.*psi1)*dt;
subplot(2,1,2);
stem([s_11 s_21],[0 0],'filled');
title('Signal Space Representation');
xlabel('Signal Coordinate');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on;
% AWGN with different variances
n1 = sqrt(0)*randn(size(s1));
n2 = sqrt(0.1)*randn(size(s1));
n3 = sqrt(1)*randn(size(s1));
n4 = sqrt(2)*randn(size(s1));
% Received signals
r1 = s1+n1;
r2 = s1+n2;
r3 = s1+n3;
r4 = s1+n4;
r5 = s2+n1;
r6 = s2+n2;
r7 = s2+n3;
r8 = s2+n4;
% Plot received signals
figure;
subplot(4,2,1);
plot(t,r1);
title('Signal 1: Noise Variance 0');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,2);
plot(t,r5);
title('Signal 0: Noise Variance 0');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,3);
plot(t,r2);
title('Signal 1: Noise Variance 0.1');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,4);
plot(t,r6);
title('Signal 0: Noise Variance 0.1');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,5);
plot(t,r3);
title('Signal 1: Noise Variance 1');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,6);
plot(t,r7);
title('Signal 0: Noise Variance 1');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,7);
plot(t,r4);
title('Signal 1: Noise Variance 2');
grid on;
subplot(4,2,8);
plot(t,r8);
title('Signal 0: Noise Variance 2');
grid on;
% CORRELATION RECEIVER
x1 = sum(r1.*psi1)*dt;
x2 = sum(r2.*psi1)*dt;
x3 = sum(r3.*psi1)*dt;
x4 = sum(r4.*psi1)*dt;
x5 = sum(r5.*psi1)*dt;
x6 = sum(r6.*psi1)*dt;
x7 = sum(r7.*psi1)*dt;
x8 = sum(r8.*psi1)*dt;
% Correlator output plots
figure;
subplot(2,2,1);
stem([x1 x5],[0 0],'filled');
title('Correlation: Variance 0');
grid on;
subplot(2,2,2);
stem([x2 x6],[0 0],'filled');
title('Correlation: Variance 0.1');
grid on;
subplot(2,2,3);
stem([x3 x7],[0 0],'filled');
title('Correlation: Variance 1');
grid on;
subplot(2,2,4);
stem([x4 x8],[0 0],'filled');
title('Correlation: Variance 2');
grid on;
% MATCHED FILTER
h = fliplr(psi1);
figure;
plot(t,h);
title('Matched Filter Impulse Response');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on;
% Convolution outputs
y1 = conv(r1,h)*dt;
y2 = conv(r2,h)*dt;
y3 = conv(r3,h)*dt;
y4 = conv(r4,h)*dt;
y5 = conv(r5,h)*dt;
y6 = conv(r6,h)*dt;
y7 = conv(r7,h)*dt;
y8 = conv(r8,h)*dt;
% Convolution time axis
ty = 0:dt:2;
% Plot matched filter outputs
figure;
subplot(2,2,1);
plot(ty,y1);
hold on;
plot(ty,y5);
title('Matched Filter: Variance 0');
legend('Signal 1','Signal 0');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Output');
grid on;
subplot(2,2,2);
plot(ty,y2);
hold on;
plot(ty,y6);
title('Matched Filter: Variance 0.1');
legend('Signal 1','Signal 0');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Output');
grid on;
subplot(2,2,3);
plot(ty,y3);
hold on;
plot(ty,y7);
title('Matched Filter: Variance 1');
legend('Signal 1','Signal 0');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Output');
grid on;
subplot(2,2,4);
plot(ty,y4);
hold on;
plot(ty,y8);
title('Matched Filter: Variance 2');
legend('Signal 1','Signal 0');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Output');
grid on;
% Demodulation decision using correlator outputs
corr_out = [x1 x2 x3 x4; x5 x6 x7 x8];
disp('Correlation outputs:');
disp(corr_out);
disp('Decision: positive = Signal 1, negative = Signal 0');
disp(sign(corr_out));

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 Accepted Answer

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 19 Dec 2011
Note that is part of the Signal Processing Toolbox.
The Technical Support note that is relevant, here says that
PPM and PWM are described in “Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 5th Ed.” by Leon Couch. Pages 209-213 describe these modulations, and show circuits that are used for the modulation.

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dave
dave on 19 Dec 2011

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Thank you. I will look through it.

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KURUVA LAKSHMI
KURUVA LAKSHMI on 28 Oct 2026 at 16:57
clc;
clear;
close all;
phase = input('Enter system type (1 for single phase, 3 for three phase): ');
Vr = input('Enter receiving end voltage (kV): ');
pf = input('Enter load power factor: ');
type = input('Enter 1 for lagging or 2 for leading power factor: ');
R = input('Enter resistance per phase per km (ohm/km): ');
l = input('Enter line length (km): ');
choice = input('Enter 1 if reactance is given, 2 if inductance is given: ');
if choice == 1
X = input('Enter reactance per phase per km (ohm/km): ');
Xtotal = X * l;
elseif choice == 2
L = input('Enter inductance per phase per km (mH/km): ');
f = input('Enter frequency (Hz): ');
L = L / 1000;
X = 2 * pi * f * L;
Xtotal = X * l;
else
error('Invalid choice. Enter 1 or 2.');
end
Rtotal = R * l;
Z = Rtotal + 1i * Xtotal;
phi = acos(pf);
if type == 1
angleI = -phi;
elseif type == 2
angleI = phi;
else
error('Invalid power factor type. Enter 1 for lagging or 2 for leading.');
end
if phase == 1
S = input('Enter apparent power (kVA): ');
Vr_ph = Vr * 1000;
Ir = (S * 1000) / Vr_ph;
Ir_phasor = Ir * exp(1i * angleI);
Vs_phasor = Vr_ph + Ir_phasor * Z;
Vs = abs(Vs_phasor);
Pout = S * 1000 * pf;
Ploss = Ir^2 * Rtotal;
efficiency = (Pout / (Pout + Ploss)) * 100;
regulation = ((Vs - Vr_ph) / Vr_ph) * 100;
fprintf('\n--- SINGLE PHASE RESULTS ---\n');
fprintf('Total resistance = %.4f ohm\n', Rtotal);
fprintf('Total reactance = %.4f ohm\n', Xtotal);
fprintf('Line impedance = %.4f + j%.4f ohm\n', Rtotal, Xtotal);
fprintf('Receiving end current = %.4f A\n', Ir);
fprintf('Sending end voltage = %.4f kV\n', Vs / 1000);
fprintf('Voltage regulation = %.4f %%\n', regulation);
fprintf('Line loss = %.4f kW\n', Ploss / 1000);
fprintf('Efficiency = %.4f %%\n', efficiency);
elseif phase == 3
P = input('Enter real power (kW): ');
Vr_line = Vr * 1000;
Ir = (P * 1000) / (sqrt(3) * Vr_line * pf);
Ir_phasor = Ir * exp(1i * angleI);
Vr_ph = Vr_line / sqrt(3);
Vs_phasor = Vr_ph + Ir_phasor * Z;
Vs_line = sqrt(3) * abs(Vs_phasor);
Pout = P * 1000;
Ploss = 3 * Ir^2 * Rtotal;
efficiency = (Pout / (Pout + Ploss)) * 100;
regulation = ((Vs_line - Vr_line) / Vr_line) * 100;
fprintf('\n--- THREE PHASE RESULTS ---\n');
fprintf('Total resistance = %.4f ohm/phase\n', Rtotal);
fprintf('Total reactance = %.4f ohm/phase\n', Xtotal);
fprintf('Line impedance = %.4f + j%.4f ohm/phase\n', Rtotal, Xtotal);
fprintf('Receiving end current = %.4f A\n', Ir);
fprintf('Sending end line voltage = %.4f kV\n', Vs_line / 1000);
fprintf('Voltage regulation = %.4f %%\n', regulation);
fprintf('Line loss = %.4f kW\n', Ploss / 1000);
fprintf('Efficiency = %.4f %%\n', efficiency);
else
error('Invalid system type. Enter 1 for single phase or 3 for three phase.');
end

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sivasena reddy
sivasena reddy on 8 May 2019
clc;
close all;
clear all;
t=0:0.001:1;
s=sawtooth(2*pi*10*t+pi);
m=0.75*sin(2*pi*1*t);
n=length(s);
for i=1:n
if (m(i)>=s(i))
pwm(i)=1;
elseif (m(i)<=s(i))
pwm(i)=0;
end
end
plot(t,pwm,'g',t,m,'r',t,s,'--b');
ylabel('Amplitude');
axis([0 1 -1.5 1.5]);
xlabel('Time index');
title('PWM Wave');
grid on;

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The user had requested Simulink implementation, though.
Also, you appear to be doing PWM (Pulse Width Modification) rather than PPM (Pulse Position Modification)

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Atul Kumar
Atul Kumar on 21 Mar 2021
clc;
close all;
clear all;
t=0:0.001:1;
s=sawtooth(2*pi*10*t+pi);
m=0.75*sin(2*pi*1*t);
n=length(s);
for i=1:n
if (m(i)>=s(i))
pwm(i)=1;
elseif (m(i)<=s(i))
pwm(i)=0;
end
end
plot(t,pwm,'g',t,m,'r',t,s,'--b');
ylabel('Amplitude');
axis([0 1 -1.5 1.5]);
xlabel('Time index');
title('PWM Wave');
grid on;

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