Lists open source tools for power electronic engineers.
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- Circuit Simulation and Calculation
- Drawing and Documentation
- Magnetics
- Schematics and Layout
- Calculation and Automatisation
- Control Platform
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| eSim | eSim is an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design. | ||
| GeckoCIRCUITS | GeckoCIRCUITS is a fast and easy-to-use circuit simulator optimized for power electronics. |  |
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| GSEIM | GSEIM (General-purpose Simulator with Explicit and Implicit Methods) is meant for simulation of electrical circuits, especially power electronic circuits, and also for numerical solution of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). | ||
| motulator | motulator is an open-source motor drive simulator in Python. It contains models for induction machines, synchronous reluctance machines, and permanent-magnet synchronous machines as well as various control methods as examples. |  |
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| PyGeckoCircuits2 | A Python wrapper for GeckoCIRCUITS. |  |
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| transistordatabase | A unified software engineering tool for managing and evaluating power transistors |  |
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| CircuiTikZ | Set of macros on top of TikZ for typesetting electrical and electronic networks native to LaTeX |  |
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| draw.io Desktop | Multiplatform diagramming and whiteboarding tool with electronics symbols |  |
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| draw.io Electrical Engineering | Drawing electrical engineering and computer-science related diagrams, such as circuits and control-architectures in draw.io. | ||
| Inkscape Circuit Symbols (Inkscape Extension) | Circuit Symbols as Inkscape extension |  |
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| Inkscape Electric Symbols | Electrical symbol library for the vector graphics program Inkscape. |  |
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| AI-mag | Inductor Modeling and Design using Artificial Neural Network and Finite Element Method |  |
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| Elmer | Finite element software for multiphysical problems including electro-thermal domains |  |
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| FEMM | A Windows finite element solver for 2D and axisymmetric magnetic, electrostatic, heat flow, and current flow problems with graphical pre- and post-processors. |  |
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| FEMMT | Python toolbox to generate preconfigured structures for FEM simulation tools in power electronics |  |
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| GetDP | GetDP is a free finite element solver using mixed elements to discretize de Rham-type complexes in one, two and three dimensions. | ||
| Gmsh | Gmsh is an open source 3D finite element mesh generator with a built-in CAD engine and post-processor |  |
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| Litz Wire Losses with FEM and MATLAB | Litz Wire Losses with FEM and MATLAB | ||
| Magnet | Data Driven Methods for Magnetic Core Loss Modeling |  |
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| Magnetic Components Toolbox MATLAB | MATLAB Toolbox for Power Magnetics: Model and Optimization | ||
| Magnetic Mirroring Method with MATLAB | Magnetic Mirroring Method with MATLAB | ||
| OM | OpenMagnetics (OM) is a project providing a common language for defining any kind of magnetic for power electronics. |  |
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| ONELAB | ONELAB is an open-source, lightweight interface to finite element software |  |
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| Sparselizard | FEM simulation software |  |
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| Horizon | Schematic and layout editor with focus on simple part management. |  |
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| KiCad | Schematic and layout editor. |  |
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| KiClearance | Generate clearance rules for KiCAD by a human-readable easy-to-use table. |  |
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| LibrePCB | A powerful, innovative and intuitive EDA tool for everyone! |  |
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| Julia | Programming language | ||
| Octave | Numerical programming language |  |
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| Python | Programming language | ||
| Scilab/Xcos | Numerical programming language and dynamic system simulator |  |
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| AMDC | Advanced Motor Drive Controller |  |
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| LCB - LEA Control Board | Control board for power electronics usage. |  |
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| UltraZohm | Open Source Rapid Control Prototyping Platform |  |