PLECS Workshop, On-Site

Registration

Introduction to PLECS and Solver Settings

• Instantaneous switching

• Variable and fixed-step operation

• 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

Break

Introduction to Thermal Simulation

• Switching & conduction loss descriptions

• Combined electrical-thermal simulation

• Determining loss values from data sheets

Overview of PLECS Tools

• Custom components

• Steady-state and small-signal analysis

• State machine, simulation scripting, C-Script, and the DLL block

Lunch Break

Overview and Introduction to the PLECS RT Box

• Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)

• Rapid control prototyping (RCP)

• Demonstration of a real-time simulation

Break

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

Q&A

End of Day