accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Electronic Design Automation (EDA) for eCars and Power Electronics “Living in Interesting Times” -Typhoon RTDS, Inc

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Outline  Power electronics: enabling the green energy future  Hardware-in-the-Loop for power electronics: new paradigm  Power electronics HiL interface with eCar testing systems  The Typhoon approach and technology  Typhoon product line

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Power electronics enables green energy future

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Hardware emulation is a powerful/known tool  Automotive/Aerospace  Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) simulation for ECU testing  ASIC, SoC…  Hardware emulation on FPGA

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Why Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing?  Software is a safety critical component and HIL testing  Improves test coverage  Reduces testing time and cost  Reduces product development cycle  Improves test repetability and allows system variability Real-time simulation model (vehicle dynamics, actuators, Sensors, disturbances) Engine Control Unit real life controller

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Testing power electronics controls is costly PE Hardware PE Controller

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Power electronics deserves better testing tools Power electronics control design, testing, and verification is very “expensive” largely manual process Mainframe computer (history) 1960s Power electronics low-voltage simulator (present time) 2010s

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS controls  A machine Our solution: Hardware-in-the-Loop for PE controls  Power electronics hardware  Real-time software

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Typhoon RTDS HIL solution for hybrid vehicle power electronics/power system testing Power electronics model Typhoon RTDS processor Toyota Prius propulsion system Typhoon RTDS I/O

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Hardware-in-the-Loop for Power Electronics  Replaces high-power laboratory testing  Allows testing under nominal, transient and fault operating conditions  Automates design, test and qualification of systems  Accelerates development and gives confidence  Reduces time-to-market  Helps with the sales process

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Typhoon makes testing power electronics control “easy” Real-time Hardware Emulation PE Controller

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Welcome to the Typhoon future of power electronics Typhoon processor Typhoon application software

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS 50 times faster than the state-of-the-art Circuit Compiler Schematic Editor “Live” measurements

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS RTDS Processor Architecture  1 s simulation time step  Ultra-low-latency matrix multiplier  Scalable standard processing cells (SPC)  Motor and load simulation unit  Scalable architecture

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Real-time digital emulation tool chain schematic editor Circuit compiler Circuit compiler RTDS Digital Processor RTDS Digital Processor GUI/simulation controller GUI/simulation controller

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Automotive test system with power electronics HiL trans- mission Battery Management system Transmission ECU Vehicle Dynamics ~1-10  s ~1-100 ms Powertrain ECU

accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Controller under test PE Hardware Typhoon RTDS Measurements Variable speed motor drive case study

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accelerating the pace of power electronics development Typhoon RTDS Typhoon product line Ultra-low latency HiL systems comprising  application software with extensive model libraries  processor (single-core, dual-core, quad-core…)  hardware (low-latency I/O) Typhoon HiL400 System Typhoon HiL800 System  Powerful desktop unit replaces high- power laboratory testing  Xilinx VIRTEX 5 based processor  1 µs latency of  16 analog outputs  8 analog inputs  32 digital inputs  32 digital outputs  Standard 19’’ enclosure  Xilinx VIRTEX 6 based processor  Scalable system  Customizable hardware (I/O)  VME64x back plane with up to 6 slots  Analog I/O card(s) with  24 analog outputs  8 analog inputs  Digital I/O card(s) with  64 digital inputs  64 digital outputs

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