Model-Based Design provides a framework for developing controls and electrical equipment from conception to testing and verification. Develop and test microgrid controls, distributed renewable energy resources (DERs), and even onboard power systems. Simulink® and Simscape Electrical™ provide reference models to get started with a desktop simulation of controls, and later transition to test and verification of controllers and electrical components.
Rapid control prototyping (RCP) can accelerate the development of power system controls and reduce risks during equipment commissioning. Design controllers and signal processing algorithms in Simulink and deploy them to Speedgoat real-time target computers. Accelerate the development of controllers and grid components such as phasor measurement units (PMU), power management systems (PMS), protection relays, and onboard electrical subsystems. Easily connect with your actual power grid, power equipment, or electrical vehicle (EV) chargers via I/O interfaces or communication protocols like CAN bus, Modbus TCP, and DNP3.
Use hardware-in-the-loop simulations to thoroughly test your embedded controllers or your power equipment to ensure normal operation, test fault conditions, and cybersecurity threats. Partition large multi-physics models among several Speedgoat multicore CPUs and FPGAs using shared memory and multi-gigabit transceivers. The seamless integration of Speedgoat target machines with Simscape Electrical™ enables real-time simulation of operating scenarios in reproducible manner. Design, simulate, and test systems like wind turbine generators, battery storage, protection relays, and solar inverters.
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"The Speedgoat HIL test rig provides a versatile platform to include different levels of model fidelity to assess the DC grid stability of control strategies on different operating conditions."
Eneko Unamuno, Mondragon University
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