PLECS Workshop, On-Site

Registration

09:00

The PLECS Toolchain

• PLECS, PLECS Coder and RT Box

• General use of PLECS, modeling vs. simulation

• Instantaneous switching, variable and fixed-step operation

• Simulation domains and system-level simulation

• Tools: steady-state and small-signal analysis, state machine, simulation scripting

Exercise: Simulation of a flyback converter

10:40

Break

11:00

Solver Settings

• Definition of stiff and non-stiff systems

• Explicit and non-explicit solvers

• Stability domains

• Accuracy considerations, step size control

• Proper handling of discontinuities, zero-crossing detection

12:00

Lunch Break

13:00

PLECS Spice

• Seamless integration of full-fledged SPICE solver inside PLECS Standalone

• Coupling the PLECS controls domain with a SPICE power stage using variable-step solver

Exercise: Flyback converter with SPICE device models

14:40

Break

15:00

Bringing Simulation and Real Hardware Together

(Code Generation Workflow in PLECS)

• Automatic code generation for microcontrollers

• Plant code generation for the RT Box

• Nanostep®, FlexArray and CPU solver engines

• Real-time-simulation with 4ns step size for MHz switching

Demonstration: HIL Testbench with Microcontroller and RT Box

16:00

Q&A

16:15

End of Day