ANSYS Releases Simplorer 8.0 Electronic Design Automation Software

By DE Editors

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ANSYS, Inc. has announced the latest release of its Simplorer software. Part of the Ansoft family of electronic design automation (EDA) products, Simplorer is used for the design of mechatronic and other multi-domain systems, which are commonly found in the automotive, aerospace/defense, and industrial automation industries. The new release introduces a next-generation user interface,  advanced modeling capabilities including dynamic links to other Ansoft software, enhanced integration with third-party simulation software, and computational performance enhancements.

Simplorer software is designed to reduce engineering time and prototype iterations while improving design performance of electrical,  mechatronic, power-electronic, and electromechanical systems, such as hybrid-electric drive and anti-lock braking in automobiles, robotics used in industrial automation, and power electronic equipment used to control and convert electric power. Simplorer technology enables engineers to model,  simulate, analyze, and optimize such complex systems. Using the software’s modeling features and communication backplane technology, engineers can construct virtual prototypes of all aspects of a system including the electronics, sensors/actuators, motors, generators, power converters, controls,  and embedded software. This enables engineers to investigate system functionality and performance, and to verify the overall design.

“In today’s market, there is a huge demand for more automated, functional, and higher-performing products. In order to satisfy this demand, engineers must now address the convergence of electronics, mechanics and control engineering when designing a product—whereas in the past they could concentrate solely on a single discipline. The new release of Simplorer technology addresses this trend,” said Dr. Marius Rosu, product manager for Ansoft electromechanical products. “The state-of-the-art user interface and electromagnetic coupling technologies introduced in Simplorer 8.0 will enable users to create a highly accurate, customized design flow for rapidly emerging applications that involve multiple engineering domains. It is an important step to integrating the ANSYS multiphysics capabilities into future releases.”

The new user interface in Simplorer software allows engineers to concurrently use multiple modeling techniques including circuits,  block diagrams, state machines, equation level, and modeling techniques such as the IEEE open standard VHDL-AMS, SML (Simplorer Modeling Language) and C/C++. Using the product’s communication backplane technologies, these standard modeling techniques and modeling languages can be used concurrently within the same schematic, allowing users to create analog, digital and mixed-signal multi-domain designs, to manage modeling data, and to execute simulations.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.