Thermal Port
Purpose
Add thermal connector to subsystem
Library
Thermal
Description
Thermal ports are used to establish thermal connections between a schematic and the subschematic of a subsystem. If you copy a Thermal Port block into the schematic of a subsystem, a terminal will be created on the subsystem block. The name of the port block will appear as the terminal label. If you choose to hide the block name by unselecting the show button in the dialog box, the terminal label will also disappear.
Terminals can be moved around the edges of the subsystem by holding down the Shift key or by using the middle mouse button.
Thermal Ports in a Top-Level Schematic
In the PLECS Blockset, if a Thermal Port is placed in a top-level schematic, the PLECS Circuit block in the Simulink model will show a corresponding thermal terminal, which may be connected with other thermal terminals of the same or a different PLECS Circuit block. The Thermal Port is also assigned a unique physical port number. Together with the parameter Location on circuit block the port number determines the position of the thermal terminal of the PLECS Circuit block.
For compatibility reasons you can also place an Thermal Port in a top-level schematic in PLECS Standalone. However, since there is no parent system to connect to, such a port will act like an isolated node.
Note Thermal Port blocks may not be used in schematics that contain Ambient Temperature blocks.
Parameter
- Port number
- If a Thermal Port is placed in a top-level schematic in the PLECS Blockset, this parameter determines the position, at which the corresponding terminal appears on the PLECS Circuit block.
- Location on circuit block
- If a Thermal Port is placed in a top-level schematic in the PLECS Blockset, this parameter specifies the side of the PLECS Circuit block, on which the corresponding terminal appears. By convention, left refers to the side, on which also input terminals are shown, and right refers to the side, on which also output terminals are shown.