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Description
The Combinatorial Logic block implements a standard truth table for modeling programmable logic arrays (PLAs), logic circuits, decision tables, and other Boolean expressions. You can use this block in conjunction with Memory blocks to implement finite-state machines or flip-flops.
You specify a matrix that defines all possible block outputs as the Truth table parameter. Each row of the matrix contains the output for a different combination of input elements. You must specify outputs for every combination of inputs. The number of columns is the number of block outputs.
The relationship between the number of inputs and the number of rows is
Simulink returns a row of the matrix by computing the row's index from the input vector elements. Simulink computes the index by building a binary number where input vector elements having zero values are 0 and elements having nonzero values are 1, then adding 1 to the result. For an input vector, u, of m elements,
Example of Two-Input AND Function
This example builds a two-input AND function, which returns 1 when both input elements are 1, and 0 otherwise. To implement this function, specify the Truth table parameter value as [0; 0; 0; 1]. The portion of the model that provides the inputs to and the output from the Combinatorial Logic block might look like this.
The following table indicates the combination of inputs that generate each output. The input signal labeled "Input 1" corresponds to the column in the table labeled Input 1. Similarly, the input signal "Input 2" corresponds to the column with the same name. The combination of these values determines the row of the Output column of the table that is passed as block output.
For example, if the input vector is [1 0], the input references the third row:
| Row |
Input 1 |
Input 2 |
Output |
| 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Example of Circuit
This sample circuit has three inputs: the two bits (a and b) to be summed and a carry-in bit (c). It has two outputs: the carry-out bit (c') and the sum bit (s). Here are the truth table and the outputs associated with each combination of input values for this circuit.
| Inputs | Outputs | |||
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
To implement this adder with the Combinatorial Logic block, you enter the 8-by-2 matrix formed by columns c' and s as the Truth table parameter.
You can also implement sequential circuits (that is, circuits with states) with the Combinatorial Logic block by including an additional input for the state of the block and feeding the output of the block back into this state input.
Data Type Support
The type of signals accepted by a Combinatorial Logic block depends on whether you selected Simulink's Boolean logic signals option (see Enabling Strict Boolean Type Checking in Using Simulink). If this option is enabled, the block accepts real signals of type boolean or double. The truth table can have Boolean values (0 or 1) of any data type. If the table contains non-Boolean values, the table's data type must be double. The type of the output is the same as that of the input except that the block outputs double if the input is boolean and the truth table contains non-Boolean values. If Boolean compatibility mode is disabled, the Combinatorial Logic block accepts only signals of type boolean. The block outputs double if the truth table contains non-Boolean values of type double. Otherwise, the output is boolean.
Parameters and Dialog Box
Characteristics
| Direct Feedthrough |
Yes |
| Sample Time |
Inherited from driving block |
| Scalar Expansion |
No |
| Dimensionalized |
Yes; the output width is the number of columns of the Truth table parameter |
| Zero Crossing |
No |
| | Clock | Complex to Magnitude-Angle | |
