User`s guide
Sample Rates and Frame Rates
3-19
Note that the sample rate conversion is implemented through a change in the 
frame period rather than the frame size. This is because the 
Frame-based 
mode
 parameter in the Upsample blocks is set to Maintain input frame size 
rather than 
Maintain input frame rate. See “Converting Sample Rates and 
Frame Rates” on page 3-20 for more information.
Using Sample Time Color Coding to Inspect Sample Rates
Turn on Simulink’s sample time color coding option by selecting Sample time 
colors
 from the Format menu. For sample-based signals, this assigns each 
sample rate a different color. For frame-based signals, this assigns each frame 
rate a different color.
Sample Time Color Coding Example: Sample-Based. Here is the sample-based model 
from “Probe Block Example: Sample-Based” on page 3-18 with the Probe blocks 
removed and sample time color coding turned on.
Since every sample-based signal in this model has a different sample rate, each 
signal is assigned a different color. 
Sample Time Color Coding Example: Frame-Based. Here’s the frame-based model 
from “Probe Block Example: Frame-Based” on page 3-18 with the Probe blocks 
removed and sample time color coding turned on.
Red = fastest sample rate
Green = second fastest sample rate
Blue = third fastest sample rate










