Introductory Tutorial Video: Power Electronics Co-Simulation with Multisim and LabVIEW

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This is an introductory tutorial demonstration video for Multisim/LabVIEW co-simulation. These new tools are intended to enable desktop development of power electronics control IP for LabVIEW FPGA, enabling you to develop/test/debug/validate before you compile to physical hardware. By exploring these samples, you can learn basic features of the co-simulation environment as well as the techniques you will need to accurately simulate LabVIEW FPGA control systems with your power electronics circuits. By exploring the samples and suggested exercises in this document with live interactive LabVIEW front panels, you can also enhance your intuitive understanding of the switch mode power electronics circuits and control systems.

The power inverter and power converter technology that puts renewable energy sources onto the grid is a key element in making clean energy cheaper and more abundant than fossil fuels. NI is making investments in creating new tools to speed the design, prototyping and deployment of embedded power electronics control systems. Our vision is to provide a complete graphical system design tool chain that enables power electronics designers to develop their LabVIEW based control systems on the desktop while reusing, refining and optimizing the same code throughout the development process; from desktop design to RCP and HIL validation to high volume commercial deployment. If successful, the NI FPGA-based embedded systems hardware and software will also enable designers to optimize for multiple design goals simultaneously, including: 1. energy efficiency, 2. cost, 3. component lifetime, and 4. systematic reliability.

To download the accompanying design guide PDF, join the developer community group at ni.com/​powerdev.