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

11:00

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

12:00

Lunch Break

13:00

Introduction to Thermal Simulation

• Switching & conduction loss descriptions

• Combined electrical-thermal simulation

• Determining loss values from data sheets

Exercise: Thermal modeling of a buck converter

14:30

Break

15:00

Code Generation for Embedded Targets

• Automatic code generation for microcontrollers

• Controller testing

Demonstration: Automatic code generation with the PLECS Coder

15:30

Real-Time Simulations

• Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)

• Running simulations on the CPU and FPGA

Demonstration: Sub-cycle averaging with the RT Box

16:00

End of Day