PULSE_GEN

Periodic pulse train — a pulse of WIDTH once every PERIOD.

Validated application blockTimersIEC 61131-3v1.0.0

When to use it

Use PULSE_GEN when an action must repeat on a fixed period with a fixed pulse width — a scheduled poll, a periodic flush or purge command, a metering pump stroke train.

Interface

The published port signature. This is the whole of what the block exposes to your program — the implementation body is not shown here and ships with the download.

Inputs

PortType
ENABLEBOOL
PERIODTIME
WIDTHTIME

Outputs

PortType
QBOOL
ALM_CFG_ERRBOOL

Validation evidence

Tests
5
Simulated scans
75
Simulator
v0.1.0

Complete IEC 61131-3 implementation with a published test suite that runs on the vplant simulator. The counts above are that suite, executed on this build.

  • Conforms to IEC 61131-3

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