Toolbar Elements – State Machine Editor

The Elements toolbar contains the following icons:

Variable

The arrow button opens the type selection menu. The Variable and Parameter buttons can be used to create elements of type logic, limitInt, wrapInt, udisc, sdisc, or cont.

Note

By default, the limitInt and wrapInt types are displayed. To display the sdisc and udisc types instead, the editor optionUse signed/unsigned discrete types must be activated.

Parameter

Implementation Cast

See also Implementation Casts in Block Diagrams and Implementation Casts in ESDL.

Delta t

dt system parameter

Note

The name dT is reserved for the system parameter. You cannot create any other element with the name dT. Since upper-case and lower-case letters are not distinguished, the names DT, dt, and Dt are reserved, too.

Array

See also Array and Matrix.

Matrix

Distribution

See also Group Characteristic Lines/Maps and Distributions.

OneD Table

The button opens the table type selection menu. The table buttons can be used to create normal, group, or fixed tables.

See also Characteristic Lines and Maps.

TwoD Table

Input

Inputs and outputs are used for communication between the state machine and other components.

See also Adding Inputs and Outputs to the State Machine.

Output