User`s guide
Constructing Signals
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•“Example: Buffering Frame-Based Signals with Overlap” on page 3-52
•“Buffering Delay and Initial Conditions” on page 3-53
Example: Buffering Sample-Based Signals without Overlap. In the model below, a 
two-channel sample-based signal is buffered into a two-channel frame-based 
signal.
To build the model, make the following parameter settings:
•In Signal From Workspace:
-
Signal = [1:10;-1:-1:-10]'
- Sample time = 1
- Samples per frame = 1
•In Buffer
-
Output buffer size = 4 
-
Buffer overlap = 0
- Initial conditions = 0
The Signal From Workspace block generates one two-channel sample at each 
sample time due to the 
Samples per frame parameter setting of 1. The Buffer 
size
 setting of 4 in the Buffer block results in a frame-based output with frame 
size 4.
A much better way to create the frame-based signal shown above is to set the 
Samples per frame parameter of the Signal From Workspace block to 4. The 
Signal From Workspace block then performs the buffering internally, and 
directly generates the two-channel frame-based signal; the separate Buffer 
block is not needed. See the following sections for more information:
•“Creating Signals Using the Signal From Workspace Block” on page 3-38
Four consecutive samples from a 
2-channel sample-based signal
2-channel frame-based signal
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22–
33–
44–
[1 -1]
[2 -2]
[3 -3]
[4 -4]
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