Simulator for power devices

@harshad-ukH5ww • Oct 24, 2024

Oct 24, 2024

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I have seen there are some simulator available for basic Electronics devices like Pspice, Proteus, Circuit Lab.

They are providing simulations for the basic electronics parts like Controller, Resistor, Diodes, LCDs but I am wondering if there are simulators available for Power devices like SCR, Thyristor and similar?

Please share if you know about such simulators. Is it possible to use MATLAB for such simulation or any example available in MATLAB which can be used to simulate power circuitry.

PS:-
Circuit Lab :- <a href="https://www.circuitlab.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Online circuit simulator & schematic editor - CircuitLab</a>
Proteus :- #-Link-Snipped-#

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Jeffrey Arulraj

@jeffrey-xA7lUP • Jun 4, 2014

Proteus can help to an extent in high power scenario. Try Hspice that holds good for most of the power device simulation

Pspice is a good place for starters so they have very little manipulative tools for power electronic concepts

So industrial standard Hspice must have libraries to support power devices
Harshad Italiya

@harshad-ukH5ww • Jun 4, 2014

Jeffrey Samuel
Proteus can help to an extent in high power scenario. Try Hspice that holds good for most of the power device simulation

Pspice is a good place for starters so they have very little manipulative tools for power electronic concepts

So industrial standard Hspice must have libraries to support power devices
Will you please share link for Hspice? Is it free tool?
Jeffrey Arulraj

@jeffrey-xA7lUP • Jun 4, 2014

I don't think it is a free ware sir
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this is their official link and from there you can get to in detail about their product.

Next try their description abut that simulation tool #-Link-Snipped-#
a.alandkar

@aalandkar-R9Nf1k • Aug 6, 2014

There is a tool "PowerSim" using that you can simulate for the power devices e.g. SCR, IGBT, Thyristors etc.
jeshukb09

@jeshukb09-d2BfWu • Aug 31, 2014

Hello Sir. Mr. Harshad Italia. I think you can go with MATLAB. There are many tools in MATLAB which will help you in any of the simulation related to Power Electronics or Power Systems etc.
MATLAB is always available in the internet. The latest version is MATLAB 2013b.
In it there are libraries for particular purpose.
Like SimPower for power system
SimElectronics for Power electronics.
You will need to use the Simulink Library for developing the simulation and viewing the result of the Simulation.
Harshad Italiya

@harshad-ukH5ww • Aug 31, 2014

jeshukb09
Hello Sir. Mr. Harshad Italia. I think you can go with MATLAB. There are many tools in MATLAB which will help you in any of the simulation related to Power Electronics or Power Systems etc.
MATLAB is always available in the internet. The latest version is MATLAB 2013b.
In it there are libraries for particular purpose.
Like SimPower for power system
SimElectronics for Power electronics.
You will need to use the Simulink Library for developing the simulation and viewing the result of the Simulation.
#-Link-Snipped-# Thank you buddy for reply. I am newbie for MATLAB. But can you tell me if using some library I can directly simulate such power devices in MATLAB? Or it will need some coding kind of thing and then I can simulate power devices?
jeshukb09

@jeshukb09-d2BfWu • Sep 1, 2014

Hello Sir.

It doesn't require any coding for simulating the power devices. We can use simulink blocks for the purpose, and you will just need to connect it and run it.

In the MATLAB Command Window just type ' simulink '. Then a library will be opened in which you can find the electronic devices in the Tags SimEvents or SimElectronics depending upon the version of MATLAB you are using.

In the Simulink Library you can find all type of signals and signal generators, voltage sources, power switching devices etc.
You have to use a 'scope ' for viewing the result or output of the device. This block can be found in Tag Sinks.

Also if you are not able find the component required by you, then you can search it in the library itself. The search option is at the top of the library window.
Harshad Italiya

@harshad-ukH5ww • Sep 1, 2014

#-Link-Snipped-# that is informative thank you for the help. 😀