PLECS
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Spec sheet
- Purpose
- PLECS models and simulates power electronic systems, including converters, motor drives and control algorithms.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Intended users
- Plexim identifies industrial companies, research labs and technical universities as customers, including teams developing electric cars, rail vehicles, wind turbines, solar inverters and power supplies.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Integrations
- PLECS Blockset runs inside Simulink, and PLECS simulation scripts can automate simulations and process results using Octave, Python or MATLAB.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Privacy
- Plexim's privacy policy says it does not sell or rent personal information and describes limited sharing with infrastructure, service and business providers.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Support
- PLECS support includes tutorials, application examples, technical solutions, installation help, a user forum and a contact-support channel.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Analysis tools
- PLECS provides steady-state and small-signal analyses, including open-loop transfer functions, closed-loop gains and state-space matrices.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Blockset dependency
- PLECS Blockset requires MATLAB and Simulink, and the maker lists support for Windows, Mac and Linux.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Controls and code generation
- Control blocks include continuous and discrete functions, PWM generators, state machines and custom C code; the optional PLECS Coder generates real-time C code.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Modeling domains
- Its component library covers electrical circuits, mechanics, magnetic circuits, thermal models, controls and signal processing.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Notable licensing limit
- PLECS Blockset commercial pricing lists individual, dongle and concurrent licenses; its annual lease costs 50% of the corresponding permanent license.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Platform support
- PLECS Standalone packages are listed for 64-bit Windows, Intel and ARM Mac, and Intel Linux.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Standalone edition
- PLECS Standalone is an independent time-domain simulator with its own variable-step and fixed-step solvers.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Switched system simulation
- PLECS uses ideal on/off semiconductor switches and a two-step switching event approach to simulate switched systems efficiently.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
- Thermal analysis
- Lookup tables can be used with ideal switch models to calculate semiconductor switching and conduction losses and junction temperature.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
Plans and prices
PLECS trial license Free Free fully functional trial for 30 days from the date the license is issued Fully functional · 30 days Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
PLECS Blockset Individual License (commercial) $8,000, paid once $8,000.00 for a permanent license, including 1 year of software maintenance service Individual license · commercial, government or personal use Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
PLECS Standalone Individual License (commercial) $8,000, paid once $8,000.00 for a permanent license, including 1 year of software maintenance service Individual license · commercial, government or personal use Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
PLECS Blockset Dongle License (commercial) $11,200, paid once $11,200.00 for a permanent license, including 1 year of software maintenance service Dongle license · commercial, government or personal use Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
PLECS Blockset Concurrent License (commercial) $16,000, paid once $16,000.00 for a permanent license, including 1 year of software maintenance service Concurrent license · commercial, government or personal use Read 5 Oct 2026 · plexim.com
Where Specifiction places it
- Electrical Design Software#15 of 417.9
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