THE SIMULATION PLATFORM FOR POWER ELECTRONIC …

1 Electrical engineering softwarePlexim GmbH User Manual Version SIMULATION PLATFORM FORPOWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMSUser ManualVersion to Contact Plexim:+41 44 533 51 00 Phone%+41 44 533 51 01 FaxPlexim GmbHMail)Technoparkstrasse 18005 User Manual 2002 2022 by Plexim GmbHThe software PLECS described in this manual is furnished under a licenseagreement. The software may be used or copied only under the terms of thelicense agreement. No part of this manual may be photocopied or reproducedin any form without prior written consent from Plexim is a registered trademark of Plexim GmbH.

2 MATLAB, Simulink andSimulink Coder are registered trademarks of The MathWorks, Inc. Otherproduct or brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their re-spective You Begin1 Installing PLECS Standalone ..1 Installation on Microsoft Windows ..1 Installation on macOS ..1 Installation on Linux ..1 Licensing ..2 Installing PLECS Blockset ..3 Installation on Microsoft Windows ..3 Installation on macOS ..3 Installation on Linux ..4 Licensing ..4 Configuring the MATLAB Search Path ..5 Configuring PLECS ..5 Installing Different Versions of PLECS Blockset in Parallel.

3 6 Uninstalling PLECS Blockset ..6 License File Location ..7 Network Licensing ..7 What s New in Version ..9 Major New Features ..9 New and Enhanced Library Components ..10 Further Enhancements ..10 Contents1 Getting Started11 Getting Started with PLECS Standalone ..11A Simple Passive Network ..11 Buck Converter ..16 Getting Started with PLECS Blockset ..19A Simple Passive Network ..19 Buck Converter ..242 How PLECS Works27 Modeling Dynamic Systems ..27 System Equations ..28 Block Diagrams ..28 Physical Models ..29 Simulating Dynamic Systems.

4 29 Model Initialization ..30 Model Execution ..33 Fixed-Step SIMULATION ..35 Sampled Data Systems ..37 Sample Times ..38 Sample Time Inheritance ..39 Multirate Systems ..40 Troubleshooting ..40 Data Types ..42 Blocks with an Implicit Output Data Type ..42 Specifying an Output Data Type ..43 Data Type Inheritance ..43ivContents3 Using PLECS45 Using PLECS Standalone ..45 Creating a New Model ..45 Importing a Schematic From PLECS Blockset ..45 Using PLECS Blockset ..46 Creating a New Circuit ..46 Importing a Schematic From PLECS Standalone.

5 47 Opening a PLECS Standalone Model ..47 Customizing the Circuit Block ..47 Using the Library Browser ..49 Components ..50 Copying a Component into a Schematic ..50 Moving a Component ..50 Specifying Component Parameters ..50 Displaying Parameters in the Schematic ..52 Changing Parameters of Multiple Components ..52 Changing Parameters During a SIMULATION ..52 Changing Component Names ..52 Changing the Orientation of Components ..53 Getting Component Help ..53 Libraries ..54 Creating a New Library in PLECS Standalone ..54 Creating a New Library in PLECS Blockset.

6 54 Creating a Library Reference ..54 Updating a Library Reference ..55 Breaking a Library Reference ..55 Connections ..56 Signal Connections and Physical Connections ..56 Creating Connections ..56 Creating Branches ..56 Automatic Creation of Connections ..57vContentsEditing Connections ..58 Annotations ..58 Text Annotations ..58 Box Annotations ..58 Line Annotations ..59 Subsystems ..60 Creating a Subsystem by Adding the Subsystem Block ..60 Creating a Subsystem by Grouping Existing Blocks ..60 Arranging Subsystem Terminals ..61 Resizing a Subsystem Block.

7 61 Placing the Subsystem Label ..62 Masking Subsystems ..63 Mask Icon ..63 Mask Dialog ..69 Mask Workspace ..73 Mask Probe Signals ..74 Mask Documentation ..75 Unprotecting Masked Subsystems ..77 Getting Started with Lua ..77 Circuit Browser ..82 Viewing Options ..83 PLECS Probe ..85 Copying a Probe ..86 Assertions ..87 Assertion Blocks ..88 Component Assertions ..88 Locating Assertions ..89 Controlling Access to Circuits and Subsystems ..90 Encrypting Circuits and Subsystems ..90 Exporting Schematics ..91 Using the PLECS Scope.

8 92viContentsGetting Started ..92 Legend ..93 Zoom Operations ..93 Scrolling ..94Y-Axis Auto-Scaling ..95 Changing Curve Properties ..95 Spreading Signals ..95 Cursors ..96 Fourier Analysis ..97 Saving a View ..97 Adding Traces ..97 Saving and Loading Trace Data ..98 Scope Parameters ..98 Printing and Exporting ..98 Using the Fourier Analysis ..99 Calculation Parameters ..99 Display Parameters .. 100 Zoom, Export and Print .. 101 Calculation of the Fourier coefficients .. 101 Using the XY Plot .. 102 Time Range Window.

9 102 Zoom, Save View, Export and Print .. 103 SIMULATION Parameters .. 104 PLECS Standalone Parameters .. 104 PLECS Blockset Parameters .. 110 Configuring PLECS .. 116 General .. 116 Libraries .. 117 Thermal .. 117 Scope Colors .. 118 Update .. 118viiContentsCoder .. 119 Installing Extensions .. 1204 Thermal Modeling123 Heat Sink Concept .. 123 Implementation .. 124 Thermal Loss Dissipation .. 124 Semiconductor Losses .. 124 Ohmic Losses .. 128 Heat Sinks and Subsystems .. 128 Temperature Initialization.

10 129 Thermal Description Parameter .. 131 Selecting Thermal Data Sheets .. 131 Using Reference Variables .. 131 Thermal Library .. 134 Library Structure .. 134 Global and Local Data Sheets .. 134 Creating New Data Sheets .. 135 Browsing the Thermal Library .. 135 Thermal Editor .. 136 Thermal Description for a Single Device .. 137 Editing Switching Losses .. 137 Editing Conduction Losses .. 138 Editing the Thermal Equivalent Circuit .. 139 Adding Custom Variables .. 140 Adding Custom Lookup Tables .. 142 Editing Lookup Tables.