Physical Signal Manipulation
Blocks for transmitting physical control signals 
Physical Signal libraries contain blocks that transmit physical signals, organized by function. These blocks let you perform math operations or measurements on physical signals, model discrete behavior or discontinuities, and simulate physical sources.
Physical signals are different from regular Simulink® signals. Therefore, you need converter blocks to connect Physical Signal blocks to Simulink input and output ports. For more information, see Connecting Simscape Diagrams to Simulink Sources and Scopes.
Categories
- Delays
 Blocks that model transport phenomena at system level
 
- Discrete
 Blocks that model discrete and event-based behaviors with physical signals
 
- Functions
 Blocks that perform math operations on physical signals
 
- Linear Operators
 Blocks that simulate continuous-time functions for physical signals
 
- Lookup Tables
 Blocks that perform table lookup to generate physical signals
 
- Nonlinear Operators
 Blocks that simulate discontinuities, such as saturation or dead zone, for physical signals
 
- Periodic Operators
 Blocks that perform periodic signal measurements
 
- Sinks
 Blocks that receive physical signal output from other blocks
 
- Sources
 Blocks that simulate physical signal sources
 
- Utilities
 Physical signal environment blocks, such as signal specification