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Mar 18, 2025

XSG Power Electronics Systems (PES)

What is XSG Power Electronics Systems? XSG Power Electronics Systems (PES) is powerful dSPACE software for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) tests. It provides a library containing ready-to-use models of power electronics circuits, letting you test topologies using wide-bandgap semiconductors such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN). You can use the XSG PES models for simulating power electronics circuits. With their high precision and dynamics, these models help you significantly boost your development and testing of highly dynamic electrical systems and their controllers. The models allow for flexible configurations to suit your individual application and to simplify the adjustment of circuit parameters.

Application Areas

XSG PES is ideal for control developers and test engineers working with highly dynamic electrical systems, especially if these include high frequencies and fast-switching components. The models are thus suitable for a wide range of industries and applications, including:

Automotive industry, especially in the areas of e-mobility and powertrain control
Commercial vehicles, mainly auxiliary drive systems
Aerospace, mainly auxiliary systems
Marine
Rail industry, mainly auxiliary systems
Charging stations and onboard chargers
Active rectifiers and industrial inverters

Key Benefits

XSG PES uniquely combines high simulation performance, precision, and dynamics with convenient usability and a high degree of flexibility. Rely on XSG PES and let your development and testing processes benefit from the potential of the software and its wide range of valuable features, including:

Ready-to-use simulation models of common power electronics circuits allowing for a quick and easy setup of the simulation
Support of highly dynamic circuits based on wide-bandgap semiconductors such as SiC and GaN, with switching frequencies of up to 500 kHz
High-precision simulation thanks to extremely low simulation step sizes
Parameterizable models enabling flexible modification of values for power electronics components, even during run time
Simulation of faults in semiconductors and switches, such as short-circuits, allowing for easily reproducible results and testing without risks like thermal overload or arcing
XSG library with the familiar look and feel that can be easily combined with other dSPACE tools, e.g., AutomationDesk for automatable tests using existing test catalogs