Blog
Discover articles on real-time simulation, industry trends, and emerging technologies across key engineering sectors.

Simulation
10 / 28 / 2026
How peers troubleshoot HIL setups faster in a forum
A practical look at how searchable peer threads shorten HIL debugging, covering recurring fault types, what a good question contains and the limits of forum answers.

Simulation
10 / 27 / 2026
A guide to the OPAL-RT engineering community
An orientation to the OPAL-RT community for new members, covering where to ask questions, what to read first, how shared models help, and how to contribute.

Power Systems
10 / 24 / 2026
800 VDC power distribution for AI data centers
An explanation of how 800 VDC power distribution carries power from the grid to AI racks, covering conversion stages, DC fault protection and bus stability.

Automotive
10 / 21 / 2026
Megawatt charging system validation for heavy duty trucks
A practical look at how the megawatt charging system works, how it differs from CCS and how charger controls are tested before a truck site is energized.

Automotive
10 / 19 / 2026
Dynamometer testing and motor emulation compared for e-drive programs
A comparison of dynamometer testing and motor emulation for e-drive programs, covering what each method proves, what it costs and how teams sequence both.

Power Electronics
10 / 17 / 2026
How wide bandgap devices push converter power density
Wide bandgap devices raise converter power density through faster switching and smaller passives, and this guide traces that chain from device physics to thermal limits to validation.

Power Electronics
10 / 15 / 2026
Flying capacitor converter simulation for multilevel designs
How a flying capacitor converter balances its capacitor voltages through switching, where that balance breaks, and what a switching-accurate simulation has to capture.

Industry applications
10 / 12 / 2026
Validating eVTOL electric propulsion before the first flight article
A walk through motor, inverter and battery validation for eVTOL aircraft and the points where real-time simulation carries propulsion evidence ahead of flight test.

Power Electronics
10 / 11 / 2026
Totem pole PFC design and real time validation
How a totem pole PFC works, why its control is hardest at the AC zero crossing, and how real-time testing checks that transition before hardware is built.

Power Electronics
10 / 08 / 2026
Modeling medium frequency transformers for solid state transformer designs
Medium frequency transformer modelling for solid state transformer stages, covering leakage inductance, phase shifted full bridge behaviour, core material and real-time validation.
