Voltmeter

Purpose

Output measured voltage as signal

Library

Electrical / Meters

Description

The Voltmeter measures the voltage between its two electrical terminals and provides it as a signal at the output of the component. A positive voltage is measured when the potential at the terminal marked with a “+” is greater than at the unmarked one. The output signal can be made accessible in Simulink with an Signal Outport block or by dragging the component into the dialog box of a Probe block.

Note

The Voltmeter is ideal, i.e. it has an infinite internal resistance. Hence, if multiple voltmeters are connected in series, the voltage across an individual voltmeter is undefined. This produces a run-time error.

Probe Signals

Measured voltage

The measured voltage in volts \((\mathrm{V})\).