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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
4. Interface for User Control Functions
Author : Shivkumar V. Iyer
Published in: Simulating Nonlinear Circuits with Python Power Electronics
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
This chapter describes how a user can write control functions for a simulation. The chapter describes how the control functions have to be written as Python files and specified in the simulation parameter spreadsheet. Every control function will have an interface to the simulation in terms of inputs and outputs, and this interface is described by a spreadsheet called a descriptor. Besides inputs and outputs, every control function can use certain types of variables that perform special actions. The chapter describes the importance of each type of control variable and how they are implemented in the simulator. The chapter describes how control functions are scheduled by the simulator using time events, and with an example, it is described how the simulator ensures that the control functions execute at the desired time instant. A simple example has been provided to describe how control functions can be interfaced with the simulation and also with each other.