PLECS Workshop

Registration

09:15

Introduction to PLECS

• General use of PLECS Blockset and PLECS Standalone

• Instantaneous switching

• Variable and fixed step operation

Exercise: Modeling a switched-mode power supply

10:00

Coffee break

10:30

Solver Settings

• Definition of stiff and non-stiff systems

• Explicit and non-explicit solvers

• Stability domain

• Accuracy considerations, step size control

• Proper handling of discontinuities, zero-crossing detection

Exercise: Solver accuracy and settings

12:00

Lunch

13:00

Introduction to Thermal, Mechanical & Magnetic Modeling & Simulation

• Switching & conduction loss descriptions

• Combined electrical-thermal simulation

• Permeance Capacitance Analogy Model

Exercise: Thermal modelling of a buck converter

14:30

Coffee break

15:00

Overview of PLECS Tools

• AC Sweep and Impulse Response Analysis Tools

• Steady State Analysis Tool

• Implementing custom components

Exercise: Creating a custom PV string component

16:00

End of Day