ORTiS solver codegen: C++ code generation tools for high performance, FPGA-based, real-time simulation of power electronic systems

SoftwareX, vol. 13, pp. 100660

Abstract

The solver code generation tools of the Open Real-Time Simulation (ORTiS) framework are a C++ library and CLI tool designed to create real-time simulation solvers for power electronics systems. These C++ defined solvers – generated by the tools – support high level synthesis to HDL, enabling the implementation of FPGA solvers capable of nanosecond resolution in real-time. The ORTiS Solver Codegen tools support the creation of multi-FPGA solvers and the use of user-defined power electronic component models; system level models are described by netlists. These tools enable engineers to perform hardware-in-the-loop testing of power electronic systems with high frequency dynamics, using time steps as small as 35 nanoseconds.

Authors 2

1. Matthew Milton corresponding

   University of South Carolina

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 301 Main Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

2. Andrea Benigni Aachen Chair of Methods for Simulating Energy Systems

   RWTH Aachen University · Forschungszentrum Jülich

   Affiliation as printed

   Chair of Methods for Simulating Energy Systems, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

   Institute of Energy and Climate Research: Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany