GeckoCircuits
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| Maintainer | Dr. Andreas Müsing |
| developer | Gecko-Simulations AG |
| Current version | v2.00 GPL (May 2019) |
| operating system | Windows , macOS , Linux |
| programming language | Java |
| category | [Electrical engineering], [simulation] |
| License | GPL v3 |
| www.gecko-research.com | |
GeckoCIRCUITS is free software from the former Gecko-Research AG for circuit simulation. This is particularly suitable for the use of power electronic circuits.
history
GeckoCircuits is a spin-off company from ETH Zurich and was initially founded in 2008 under the name Gecko Research GmbH by A. Müsing, U. Drofenik, B. Seiler and J. Kolar. In 2013 Gecko Research GmbH was renamed Gecko-Simulations AG.
A first version of GeckoCircuits was published in 2013 under the GPL . No further developments have been incorporated into this publication status, as these were further marketed. After the maintainer stopped working full-time on GeckoCircuits in 2019, the latest development status was published again under the GPL .
Features and function
Time courses can be calculated and displayed. Various function blocks from the following categories are provided
- Circuit diagram: electronic components
- Thermal: Simulation of cooling systems from power loss sources (e.g. a transistor)
- Mathematical arithmetic functions: add, multiply, amount, root functions, ...
- Logic gates : AND, OR, ...
- Electrical machines: DC machine , synchronous machine , ...
- Self-programmable function blocks in Java and C / C ++
- Measurement and evaluation: oscilloscope function
The programmable function blocks can be used to create parameter sweeps and perform optimizations. It can also be used to set up an interface to Matlab .
License
GeckoCircuits was released on SourceForge in 2019 under GPL v3 .
Web links
- [www.gecko-simulations.com/GeckoCIRCUITS/GeckoCIRCUITS.zip Direct download from GeckoCircuits]
- Source code by GeckoCircuits
- GeckoCircuits Tutorial
- Physical basics and brief overview