PLECS Workshop, On-Site

Registration

09:00

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

10:30

Break

10:45

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

Demo: Efficiency calculation of a buck converter

11:30

Overview of PLECS Tools

• Custom components

• Steady State analysis

• Small signal analysis

• State machine, C-Script and the DLL block

• Simulation scripting

12:00

Lunch Break

13:00

PLECS Code Generation for Microcontrollers

• PLECS Coder for Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) Concept

Exercise: Program an TI 28379 MCU with PLECS Coder (TI 28379 Launchpad)

for LED blinking, PWM generation, and ADC measurement

14:30

Break

14:45

Overview and Introduction to the PLECS RT Box

• Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)

Exercise: HIL application of a three-phase inverter in closed-loop
(TI 28379 Launchpad + RT Box)
Demo: SVPWM Control of a Grid-Connected Three-Level NPC Inverter as HIL application

16:00

Q&A, End of Day