Simulink Matlab Function Block 'Size mismatch' Error - matlab

I am using a Matlab function block in a Simulink model. The Input is a 1x32 binary stream and the Output y is an integer between 0 and 15. I have 2 variables defined within this function called chip=zeros(17,32) and reconst_op=zeros(1,32). My Problem is that when I compare these two variables in an if condition as follows:
function y = De_Spreading_Mod(input)
if all(reconst_op==chip(1,:)) .. do something..
OR 2. if all(reconst_op(1,:)==chip(1,:))
Both the above conditions cause Matlab throw an error as follows:
for case 1, Size mismatch (size [:? x 32] ~= size [1 x 32]). Mismatched varying and fixed sizes indicate a probable run-time error. If this diagnostic is incorrect, use indexing to explicitly make the varying size fixed.
for case 2, MATLAB Function Interface Error: Simulation stopped due to out of bounds error. Runtime Error: Attempted to access 1 element of data reconst_chip_op whose runtime size is 0.
However, if I run the same Piece of code in a separate m file, it works as expected but only in the Simulink embedded matlab function block, it is an issue.
Any help would be appreciated

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Receiving unknown errors when trying to use fsolve to find the solutions of a function

I have to plot the solution for masses between 4 and 8kg, which I wrote using the code below:
weight=linspace(4,8,100)
Then I use a for loop to find the solutions for the weights within this vector, while also declaring the variable a, and a guess of the time required:
for z=1:length(weight)
a=(weight./(1360*pi)).^(1/3)
tguess=14400
timeinseconds=fsolve(#(t)cookingtimes(t,a),tguess)
timeinhours=timeinseconds/(60*60)
end
The function that I mentioned previously is below:
function F=cookingtimes(t,a)
k=1:22;
alpha=0.7*10^(-7);
F(1)=(2./(pi*0.464))*sum(((-1).^(k-1))./k).*sin(k*pi*0.464).*exp(((-(k.^2)).*(pi.^2).*((alpha.*t))./(a.^2)))-57/80
end
Where F(1) represents the following equation 1, which will be equal to 57/80. Rather than adding until infinity, I chose the value of 22 as the equation converges to this value. r/a is equal to 0.464, which is why this is present within my function.
When running this code, I am given errors that I cant manage to solve.
Arrays have incompatible sizes for this operation.
Error in Homework1>cookingtimes (line 58)
F(1)=(2./(pi*0.464))*sum(((-1).^(k-1))./k).*sin(k*pi*0.464).*exp(((-(k.^2)).*(pi.^2).*.((alpha.*t))./(a.^2)))-57/80
Error in Homework1 (line 28)
timeinseconds=fsolve(#(t)cookingtimes(t,a),tguess)
Error in fsolve (line 264)
fuser = feval(funfcn{3},x,varargin{:});
Caused by:
Failure in initial objective function evaluation. FSOLVE cannot continue.
The arrays that I have produced are all of the same length, which is why I am very stuck on this issue.
You are trying to perform an operation on two arrays that have different sizes. In your case, the issue may be caused by the fact that you are defining the variable a as a vector inside the for loop, but using it in the function cookingtimes as a scalar. To fix this, you can modify your function to accept a vector of a values and return a corresponding vector of function values.
I modified the cookingtimes function to accept a vector of a values, and return a corresponding vector of function values.
function F=cookingtimes(t,a)
k=1:22;
alpha=0.7*10^(-7);
F=(2./(pi*0.464))*sum(((-1).^(k-1))./k).*sin(k*pi*0.464).*exp(((-(k.^2)).* (pi.^2).*((alpha.*t))./(a.^2)))-57/80;
end
In the for loop, You need to compute a for each weight value, and use a vector of a values in the call to fsolve. Also store the solutions in a vector timeinseconds instead of a scalar, as there are multiple solutions to be found.
for z=1:length(weight)
a=(weight(z)./(1360*pi)).^(1/3); % compute a for each weight value
tguess=14400;
timeinseconds(z)=fsolve(#(t)cookingtimes(t,a),tguess);
timeinhours=timeinseconds/(60*60);
end

How do I evaluate the roots of a 7th order polynomial on simulink?

I'm doing a project in school and I need to evaluate the roots of a 7th order polynomial during a Simulink simulation. For that, I've decided to use the "roots" function but it seems that Simulink doesn't like this function - when running the simulation this error appears:
"Data radius_new is inferred as a variable size matrix, while its properties in the Model Explorer specify its size as inherited or fixed. Please check the 'Variable Size' check box and specify the upper bounds in the size field."
The code I have inside my function block is the following:
p = [A*10.^5 B_3*10.^5 B*10.^5 0 E 0 C*10.^5 0 D*10.^5];
R = roots(p);
radius_new = R(real(R)>=0 & imag(R) == 0);
where A, B...are defined constants changing with time.
I have run this on a normal script and it gives the value I need. For some reason, on Simulink, that does not happen.

Invalid setting for parameter 'Gain'

I am trying to create a simple controller, but keep receiving an error for the gain block stating that there is an undefined variable 'u'. I do not understand Simulink well and I am just trying to replicate an old homework problem right now. The code I have here was provided as a solution, but I still receive the error when I try to run it. Any insights as to what might be going on?
I= 10; Wl= 5; k= 2; J= 1;
%set initial conditions
thetaIC= 0; phiIC= 0; x0= zeros(4,1);
%fix theta= 0, check output
[xe, ue]= trim('Ex3_System',x0,0,x0,1)
[A,B,~,~]= linmod('Ex3_System', xe, ue)
%choose your desired poles
p= linspace(-1.2,-1.5,4)
%recall the minus sign
K= -acker(A,B,p)
%perturb initial condition
thetaIC= deg2rad(5);
sim('Ex3_Controller');
Invalid setting in 'Ex3_Controller/Gain' for parameter 'Gain'. Caused
by:
Error using hw12 (line 57)
Error evaluating parameter 'Gain' in 'Ex3_Controller/Gain'
Error using hw12 (line 57)
Undefined function or variable 'u'.
Error using hw12 (line 57)
Variable 'u' does not exist.
Suggested Actions:
• Load a file into 'Base Workspace'. - Fix
• Create a new variable. - Fix
Update: After removing the u term from the gain block, I received a different error:
Error using hw12 (line 57)
Error in port widths or dimensions. Output port 1 of 'Ex3_Controller/Gain' is a one dimensional vector with 4 elements.
Error using hw12 (line 57)
Error in port widths or dimensions. Input port 1 of 'Ex3_Controller/Model1' is a one dimensional vector with 1 elements.
The Gain block takes the value of the input signal and multiplies it by the value of the gain. In your case the gain is K and that is all you need to put into the gain block (i.e. remove the *u, Simulink handles that for you.)
Once that is done, the dimension error you are getting is because your controller requires u to be a scalar, but you are feeding a 4 element vector into it. You need to change the appropriate parameter of the Gain block so that it does a matrix multiplication, taking the 4-by-1 matrix K and (matrix) multiplying it with the 4 element "out" signal to produce a scalar.

MATLAB: Using FZERO on a function which has a vector output

I am working on my thesis and running in some programming problems in Matlab. I am trying to implement the ''golden Bisection Method'' to speed up my code. To this end, I've consulted the build in function FZERO.
So I am determining the difference between two vectors which are both (1x20).
Difference = Clmax_dist-cl_vec;
Clmax_dist comes from a semi-empirical method and cl_vec comes from the excecution of an external AVL.exe file.
Essentially, this difference depends only on one single variable AOA because the Clmax_dist vector is a constant. Hence, I am constantly feeding a new AOA value to the AVL.exe to obtain a new cl_vec and compare this again to the constant Clmax_dist.
I am iterating this until one of the element in the vector becomes either zero or negative. My loop stops and reveals the final AOA. This is a time consuming method and I wanted to use FZERO to speed this up.
However, the FZERO documentation reveals that it only works on function which has a scalar as input. Hence, my question is: How can I use FZERO with a function which has a vector as an output. Or do i need to do something totally different?
I've tried the following:
[Difference] = obj.DATCOMSPANLOADING(AOA);
fun=#obj.DATCOMSPANLOADING;
AOA_init = [1 20];
AOA_root = fzero(fun,AOA_init,'iter');
this gave me the following error:
Operands to the || and && operators must be convertible to logical scalar values.
Error in fzero (line 423)
while fb ~= 0 && a ~= b
Error in CleanCLmax/run (line 11)
AOA_root = fzero(fun,AOA_init,'iter');
Error in InitiatorController/moduleRunner (line 11)
ModuleHandle.run;
Error in InitiatorController/runModule (line 95)
obj.moduleRunner(ModuleHandle);
Error in RunSteps (line 7)
C.runModule('CleanCLmax');
The DATCOMSPANDLOADING function contains the following:
function [Difference] = DATCOMSPANLOADING(obj,AOA)
[Input]= obj.CLmaxInput; % Creates Input structure and airfoil list
obj.writeAirfoils(Input); % Creates airfoil coordinate files in AVL directory
[Clmax_dist,YClmax,Cla_mainsections] = obj.Clmax_spanwise(Input); % Creates spanwise section CLmax with ESDU method
[CLa] = obj.WingLiftCurveSlope(Input,Cla_mainsections); % Wing lift curve slope
[Yle_wing,cl_vec] = obj.AVLspanloading(Input,CLa,AOA); % Creates spanloading with AVL
Difference = Clmax_dist-cl_vec;
end
If I need to elaborate further, feel free to ask. And of course, Thank you very much.
fzero indeed only works on scalars. However, you can turn your criterion into a scalar: You are interested in AOA where any of the elements in the vector becomes zero, in which case you rewrite your objective function to return two output arguments: minDifference, which is min(Difference), and Difference. The first output, minDifference is the minimum of the difference, i.e. what fzero should try to optimize (from your question, I'm assuming all values start positive). The second output you'd use to inspect your difference vector in the end.

Matlab error while finding log

I am trying to find log of base 10 of each pixel of an image in matlab using following code
m1 = imread('owl','pgm');
for x = 1:size(m1,1)
for y = 1:size(m1,2)
m1(x,y) = log10(m1(x,y));
end
end
here m1 is a 2-D array of order 221 X 201.
but I am facing this error
??? Undefined function or method 'log2' for input arguments of type 'uint8'.
Error in ==> log10 at 20
y = log2(x);
Error in ==> q2 at 38
m1(x,y) = log10(m1(x,y));
but when I debug log function using following code
fprintf('log of 190 is %d', log10(190));
it gives me right output I dont know what happened when I use the same code in the loop.
The error message tells you what the problem is, you've tried to apply the log10 function to a value of type uint8 and the function is not defined for that type of number. What you haven't realised is that imread, when an image file meets certain criteria (read the documentation for what those criteria are) will capture the pixel data into an array of uint8s, not real numbers.
If you want to take the logarithm of a uint8 you'll either have to define a logarithm function of your own which takes such inputs, or, more straightforward, cast the uint8 to a type which log10 is happy with. For example, you could write:
log10(double(m1(x,y)))
And by now you'll have realised why your diagnostic test didn't tell you anything useful, when you execute the command log10(190) Matlab, by default, decides that 190 is of type double and computes the logarithm without complaint. log10(uint8(190)) tells a different story.