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Preventing division by zero

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I have created a group of blocks to calculate the power factor. But when I run it, the simulation ends with a divition by zero error. I can go and change the setting that turns division by zero into a warning, but I don't want to do that, because under other conditions I want this to be an error.

I think the division by zero is caused by the first data point in the simulation. So is there a way to tell PLECS to skip over the first data point and start analyzing from the second and on? Attached is the circuit.
asked Jun 29, 2023 by taydin (17 points)

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Hi there, I believe you didn't attach the model after all. But you could try using the Initial Condition block to set the problematic variable to a non-zero initial value. Alternatively, the Saturation block could be used to force a small but non-zero positive value to the problematic signal.
answered Jun 29, 2023 by Kris Eberle (1,623 points)
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