Data Type

Purpose

Cast the input signal to the specified data type.

Library

Control / Math

Description

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This block casts the input signal to the specified data type. If the input signal already has the specified data type, this block does nothing.

Parameters

Data type: The data type of the output signal. See Data Types.
Data type overflow handling: Specifies how a data type overflow is handled. See Data Types. This parameter only appears if Data type is not set to a floating-point data type.