RT Box Workshop, On-Site

Real-Time Simulation using the PLECS RT Box

Content

In the workshop, you will learn modeling techniques for real-time simulations using PLECS with the PLECS RT Box. You will work hands-on with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and rapid control prototyping (RCP) application examples. You will see that step size can be reduced to microseconds, even for large-scale models. In addition to the technical aspects, the workshop offers an opportunity to connect with the developers of PLECS. The required software and PLECS RT Box hardware will be provided for the workshop.

 

08:30

Registration and Installation of Necessary Features

09:00

Overview and Introduction to RT Box Workflow using PLECS

  • PLECS overview

  • Ideal switch concept

  • From PLECS offline models to RCP and HIL

  • Code Generation

09:30

RT Box Introductory Exercise

  • PLECS RT Box features

Exercise: Introductory exercise using I/O ports

10:30

RT Box Library Overview

10:45

Break

11:00

Real-time Simulation of a Voltage Source Inverter (VSI)

  • PLECS model creation using the target blocks library

  • Deployment on the RT Box

Exercise: Voltage Source Inverter (VSI)

12:00

Lunch

13:00

Timing Overview and Step Size Selection

  • RT Box timing scheme

  • Step size and calculation time

  • Motivation for sub-cycle averaging using PWM capture module

​Exercise: Timing and Step Size Selection

14:30

Model Optimization

  • Sub-cycle averaging and power modules

  • Model separation

Exercise: Model splitting of a DTC example

15:00

Break

15:15

Virtual Prototyping

  • Concept of virtual prototyping

  • Extension of VSI with controls

Exercise: Virtual prototyping of a VSI

16:15

RT Box Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Application Demo, Q&A

17:00

End of Workshop

 

Participation

The fee of CHF 800.00 (excl. VAT) covers workshop participation, documentation and lunch.

The maximum number of participants is six (6).

Please bring a laptop.

Language

The workshop will be held in English or German, depending on the participants. The documentation will be in English.

City: 
Zurich
Country: 
Switzerland
Date: 
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 - 8:30 am
Speaker: 

Plexim R&D and application engineers

Registration: 

Jan Hermann
info@plexim.com, +41 (0)44 533 51 28

"The seminars combined with hands-on training provided by application engineers from Plexim are packed with insightful tips and techniques. Let me paraphrase newspaper editor Arthur Brisbane here. A Plexim workshop is worth a thousand page long manual. Be there!"
— Bartlomiej Ufnalski, Warsaw University of Technology