Simscape Electrical
Simscape Electrical (formerly SimPowerSystems and SimElectronics) offers libraries for modeling and simulating electronic, mechatronic, and electrical power systems. It includes semiconductors, motors, and components for applications like electromechanical actuation, smart grids, and renewables.
Use it to evaluate circuits, develop electric-drive systems, and analyze power generation, conversion, transmission, and consumption. Design and test control systems in Simulink, parameterize models with MATLAB, and integrate with mechanical, thermal, and hydraulic domains using Simscape.
Simscape Electrical supports C-code generation for deployment, including HIL systems. It was developed with Hydro-Québec.
Semiconductor Devices
Analyze switching, losses, system behavior, and thermal effects. Convert SPICE netlists to Simscape components.
Motors and Drivers
Design controllers and assess effects of nonlinearities and heat. Import parameters from databases or FEA to reflect real component behavior.
Power Networks
Analyze grid behavior with renewables, power electronics, and drives using load flow for steady-state and FFTs for power quality.
Fault Tolerance
Reduce losses, downtime, and costs by validating designs under faults and ensuring components stay within safe limits.
Virtual Testing
Verify system behavior in hard-to-test scenarios by running parallel tests on multicore workstations or clusters.
Model Deployment
Convert Simscape models to C code for HIL testing on dSPACE®, Speedgoat, OPAL-RT, and others—validating control algorithms before physical tests.
Simscape Platform
Test and optimize electrical, thermal, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic integration in one environment. Identify and resolve system-level issues.
MATLAB and Simulink
Use MATLAB to automate model assembly, testing, and post-processing, and Simulink to integrate control and hardware design in one environment.
From Research To Production
Simscape models refine requirements, design controls, test embedded code, and enable digital twin support.