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Lists open source power electronic tools

Open-Source-Power-Electronic-Tools

Lists open source tools for power electronic engineers.

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Table of Contents

Circuit Simulation and Calculation

Name Description Link Screenshot
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.
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.
PyGeckoCircuits2 A Python wrapper for GeckoCIRCUITS.
transistordatabase A unified software engineering tool for managing and evaluating power transistors

Drawing and Documentation

Name Description Link Screenshot
draw.io Desktop Multiplatform diagramming and whiteboarding tool with electronics symbols
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
Inkscape Electric Symbols Electrical symbol library for the vector graphics program Inkscape.

Magnetics

Name Description Link Screenshot
AI-mag Inductor Modeling and Design using Artificial Neural Network and Finite Element Method
Elmer Finite element software for multiphysical problems including electro-thermal domains
FEMM A Windows finite element solver for 2D and axisymmetric magnetic, electrostatic, heat flow, and current flow problems with graphical pre- and post-processors.
FEMMT Python toolbox to generate preconfigured structures for FEM simulation tools in power electronics
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
Litz Wire Losses with FEM and MATLAB Litz Wire Losses with FEM and MATLAB
Magnet Data Driven Methods for Magnetic Core Loss Modeling
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.
ONELAB ONELAB is an open-source, lightweight interface to finite element software
Sparselizard FEM simulation software

Schematics and Layout

Name Description Link Screenshot
Horizon Schematic and layout editor with focus on simple part management.
KiCad Schematic and layout editor.
KiClearance Generate clearance rules for KiCAD by a human-readable easy-to-use table.
LibrePCB A powerful, innovative and intuitive EDA tool for everyone!

Calculation and Automatisation

Name Description Link Screenshot
Julia Programming language
Octave Numerical programming language
Python Programming language
Scilab/Xcos Numerical programming language and dynamic system simulator

Control Platform

Name Description Link Screenshot
AMDC Advanced Motor Drive Controller
LCB - LEA Control Board Control board for power electronics usage.
UltraZohm Open Source Rapid Control Prototyping Platform