Giga Processor Card

State of the Art Computing

RTDS Technologies again increases the computing power in the RTDS Simulator with the addition of the Giga Processor Card (GPC).

The GPC is a powerful computational unit which can be used for solving the overall network solution as well as auxiliary components. The GPC contains two IBM PowerPC 750GX RISC processors each operating at 1 GHz. The GPC is code compatible with the RPC and can simulate all components currently available for the RPC card. The GPC can be operated in a rack together with RPC and/or 3PC cards.

Small Timestep VSC Simulation

In addition to the network solution and the simulation of standard components, the GPC card can also be used to provide small timestep (< 2 µs) simulations of Voltage Source Converters (VSC).

Input/Output Capabilities

The GPC includes 24 on-board 12-bit digital to analogue converters. In addition, two Giga Transceiver (GT) optical ports are available for the connection of peripheral I/O. The software and hardware have been designed so the firing pulse input, read every small timestep (< 2 µs), can be used in the VSC algorithm and the effect considered in the update of the analogue output with a maximum latency of 3 µs!