Inputting Data from my workspace into Simulink

I have a data series I would like to input into Simulink that has been calculated within my Matlab workspace, when I use the "From fworkspace" block I get these errors:

Unsupported input format for From Workspace block 'FC_Simulink_Model_V2/From Workspace'. Available formats are double non-complex matrix, a structure with or without time, or a structure with MATLAB timeseries as leaf nodes. All formats require the data to be finite (not Inf or NaN).

Component:Simulink | Category:Model error

Invalid matrix variable specified as workspace input in 'FC_Simulink_Model_V2/From Workspace1'. The matrix data must be a real, double, have two dimensions, and at least two columns. The first column must contain time values and the remaining columns the data values. Matrix values cannot be Inf or NaN.

Component:Simulink | Category:Model error

I think this is due to the fact that the data series doesn't have a time stamp and is just one column of 1Hz data. I removed the time stamp earlier on in the Matlab processes as some data was redundant and had to be removed. I am hoping to be able to input this data as it is, but I am unsure of the block settings, etc. that will allow me to input the data.

[Mathieu NOE]

hello

yes , you have to put together time and data in a 2 columns array

[Sean O'Kane]

Part of the warning states that a structure "with or without time" can be used.

However if it is easier, is there an easy way to add a time column to an array?

[Mathieu NOE]

you should do this in your initialisation script (if you have done one)

it's fairly simple to create a time vector if you know how many samples and the time increment / sampling frequency

Answer 1

[Harikrishnan Balachandran Nair]

Hi,

I understand that you are having a 1-D array in your base workspace, that you want to import to your simulink model.

If the input is not a time-series, you can directly use the 'constant' block, with the variable name specified in the 'Constant value' field, inside the block parameters. In this case,according to your model, you will get a 2558*1 array as input at each time-step.

If you want the input as a time-series, you may use the 'from workspace' block, with the input format being in one of the supported formats specified here : https://www.mathworks.com/help/simulink/ug/load-data-using-the-from-workspace-block.html#d123e200736

As an example, in the provided case, you can easily make a time-series object with the data that you have in the workspace, and the sampling time of the model. As an example, if sampleTime=0.01, and number of steps taken is 2558 , the following code can be used before running the model.

sampleTime = 0.01;
numSteps = 2558;
time = sampleTime*(0:numSteps-1);
time = time';
Engine_power=timeseries(Engine_powerdata,time);

You can refer to the documentation provided to get a better idea on the 'From Workspace' block.