SmartCtrl
Control Design Software for Power Electronics
SmartCtrl is control design software for power electronics developped by PSC (Power Smart Control SL) and works seamlessly with SIMBA.
With a perfect combination of predefined topologies and compensators, along with a custom design feature powered by a robust equation editor, you can create your own transfer functions for all power converter elements: plant, sensor, and compensator. Import your system's frequency response and export your finalized control design to SIMBA.
Control Designs from Specs
Starting from a specification, design quickly and visually the best control for your converter, with result feedback for both analog and digital controls.
Multi-Loop Control Structures
Both Average-Current Mode Control and Peak-Current Mode Control are supported in SmartCtrl, providing greater scope in design.
Solutions Map
Optimize your design using the solutions map. Navigate the cursor within a stable solutions space, which aids in your selection of the optimal design.
Analyze How Robust your Control is
Does your control remain stable when the input voltage changes? SmartCtrl’s Parametric Sweep feature allows you to carry out sensitivity analysis of every parameter of the plant, sensor and regulator.
Create and Edit your own Analytical Model
With the Equation Editor, you can customize your own analytical model for your specific converter. The design tools of SmartCtrl then help you to calculate the compensator required.
Analog and Digital Control are supplied
Design the control of your converter directly in the digital domain or, alternatively, transform an analog control to digital and then examine the effect of sample rate, digital delay, number of bits, etc.
Detailed Output Information
SmartCtrl provides detailed information about the designed compensator (resistor, capacitors or
z-domain coefficients), and about the power stage and steady-state waveforms.
Reports can be generated automatically, and every plot can be exported efficiently
(as an image or data points).
Where is SmartCtrl used?
SmartCtrl is widely used in education, not only for cutting-edge technology research but also as a teaching tool for future engineers and developers.
Why should I use SmartCtrl?
🔺 Friendly User Interface
🔺 Steady-State Waveforms
🔺 Solution Map for Easy Controller Design
🔺 Interactive Plots
🔺 DC-DC Converters
🔺 Power Factor Correction Converters
🔺 Different Control Modes
🔺 Any Converter Control Can Be Designed
🔺 Multi-Loop Control Structure
🔺 Capability to Design Digital Controllers
🔺 Sensitivity Analysis
🔺 Audio-Susceptibility
