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Current Measurement

Measure current in circuit

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  • Current measurement block

Libraries:
Simscape / Electrical / Specialized Power Systems / Sensors and Measurements

Description

The Current Measurement block measures the instantaneous current flowing in any electrical block or connection line. The Simulink® signal output provides a signal that other Simulink blocks can use.

The power_currmeasure example uses four Current Measurement blocks to read currents in different branches of a circuit. To open this example, at the MATLAB® Command Window, enter power_currmeasure.

Ports

Output

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Simulink signal associated with the instantaneous current flowing in any block or connection line.

Conserving

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Specialized electrical conserving port associated with the positive terminal of the Current Measurement block.

Specialized electrical conserving port associated with the negative terminal of the Current Measurement block.

Parameters

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Format of the output signal to use when you use the block in a phasor simulation.

Set this parameter to Complex to output the measured current as a complex value. The output is a complex signal.

Set this parameter to Real-Imag to output the real and imaginary parts of the measured current. The output is a vector of two elements.

Set this parameter to Magnitude-Angle to output the magnitude and angle of the measured current. The output is a vector of two elements.

Set this parameter to Magnitude to output the magnitude of the measured current. The output is a scalar value.

Dependencies

To enable this parameter, in the powergui block, set the Simulation type parameter to Phasor or Discrete Phasor.

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using Simulink® Coder™.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

See Also

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