Model and simulate the controller and power converter in a system-level simulator
Conduct frequency-domain analysis of the system and use a Bode plot or root locus to tune controllers
Conduct frequency-domain analysis and tune the cascaded controller independently
Develop an average value–based model of the power electronic system before tuning controllers
Conduct time-domain analysis and tune the controllers at a fixed operating point
Test the real-time execution of controller code before verifying in a hardware prototype
Find and correct errors before potential damage to the power electronics system
Reduce time cost and improve development efficiency
All of the above
Check the dynamic response of a time-varying load
Check the dynamic performance by testing on hardware
Check the dynamic response of a time-varying input voltage
Check the dynamic response of aging components
Develop a model to simulate fault conditions before proceeding to hardware testing
Directly test the power converter under fault conditions or all possible operating ranges
Develop and simulate state and supervisory logic model for fault handling
Modeling and simulating the large electrical system before hardware testing
Directly testing on hardware
SPICE simulation
Hand coding and rapid prototyping
Fixed-point design
Small-signal analysis
Space vector modulation
Time-domain analysis
You can avoid hand-coding errors caused by misinterpretation of the algorithms or typographical errors
If you need to make changes to the code, you can verify the impact of changes to algorithms in simulation and re-generate code
You can test your algorithms using simulation for extreme operating and fault conditions and know that the code will behave the same as the algorithm
All of the above