PSIM will allow your research group to gain a competitive edge. With PSIM’s powerful simulation environment, it will allow you to work more efficiently, reducing the development cost and time-to-market.
Easy to Use, Fast Simulation, & Flexible Control Representation
Even without prior experience with CAD software, you can build a circuit and obtain results in minutes.
PSIM is one of the fastest simulators for power electronics simulation. It achieves fast simulation while retaining excellent simulation accuracy. This makes it particularly efficient in simulating converter systems of any size, and performing multiple-cycle simulation.
PSIM is the engine of the simulation environment. PSIM uses a strong algorithm dedicated to electrical circuits (piecewise method, generic models and a fixed time-step). The fast simulation allows repetitive simulation runs and significantly shortens the design cycle.
PSIM can simulate control circuit in various forms: in analog circuit, s-domain transfer function block diagram, z-domain transfer function block diagram, custom C code, or in Matlab/Simulink®. PSIM’s control library provides a comprehensive list of components and function blocks, and makes it possible to build virtually any control scheme quickly and conveniently.
PSIM Modules
There are many optional add-on Modules available to address specific needs in various applications, such as motor drives, digital control, renewable energy, or DSP and FPGA support. These Modules give you the flexibility to tailor PSIM for your own needs, and significantly enhance PSIM’s capability.
The example below shows an induction motor drive system with field-oriented control. The schematic shows built-in blocks such as abc-dqo transformation blocks, PI controllers, and low-pass filters.
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What’s new in Version 10.0
Key new features in v10, as compared to v9.3, are:
- New diode model with reverse recovery characteristic.
- New MOSFET model with turn-on/turn-off transient.
- New and faster ac sweep function with the multisine method.
- Inductor core and winding loss calculation.
- New ultracapacitor model and solar cell models.
- New PWM IC and other IC models.
- Multi-level modeling.
For more details, please refer to the document New-Features-PSIM-v10.pdf
Simulation results are displayed and evaluated in Simview. Various waveform processing functions, such as multiple screens and line styles, are provided. Post-processing functions such as addition/subtraction and average/rms value calculation are also provided.
Below shows a screenshot of the environment. The image shows Simview results for a VSI motor drive system.
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System Requirements
PSIM runs in Microsoft Windows 7 or 8, either on a stand-alone PC or on a network PC. It is available in 32-bit or 64-bit.
A minimum of 500MB RAM memory is required. The program will occupy around 250MB hard disk space after installed.
Features
- Intuitive and easy to use
- Fast simulation speed
- Comprehensive motor drive library
- AC sweep analysis
- Flexible control simulation
- Custom C code
- Links to 3rd-party software
