Online power system design tool

18 May 2016 Power Electronics / Power Management Design Automation

Vicor introduced its new Power System Designer online design tool, giving system designers flexibility to architect and optimise end-to-end power systems leveraging the company’s power component design methodology and high-performance power components.

Many power design tools don’t allow analysis of the complete power system. Rather, the front-end, which filters and conditions power received from an AC or a DC source, must be configured and analysed separately from the plurality of downstream regulators that generate the voltages required by system loads.

Power System Designer simplifies and accelerates the creation of compact, multi-output, modular power systems all the way from the input source – either AC or DC – to system loads. Engineers simply specify their AC or DC input source and operating range, and their required output voltages and respective power (or current), regulation and isolation specifications, and the tool automatically generates and identifies the best alternative solutions, each solution characterised by figures of merit including highest operating efficiency, lowest component count, lowest cost, smallest footprint and recommended best fit.

Each solution can be viewed, analysed and optimised using the fully editable Whiteboard tool, enabling designers to meet the exacting performance requirements of their target application. For any selected design, Power System Designer can display a visual representation of the mechanical layout of the system and generate a complete bill-of-materials along with ordering and pricing information.

Vicor’s new Power System Designer online design tool facilitates power system design by enabling specification, analysis and configuration of complete, multi-output, power systems, with unprecedented performance, efficiency and density, in just a matter of minutes. To get started, visit the Power System Designer overview page http://www.vicorpower.com/powerbench/psd-ninety-second-challenge-a?utm_source=Vicorpower&utm_medium=Digital&utm_content=PSD-

For more information contact ECS, +27 (0)12 345 6132, [email protected], www.ecssa.co.za

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