Getting Started with SystemVision

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SystemVision is a tool often used for system modeling and analysis. It provides a mixed-signal modeling and simulation environment using the power of VHDL-AMS and SPICE to verify your control of automotive electrical, control and mechatronic systems.

Watch a demonstration on SystemVision

You can watch a visual demonstration of the example described above by clicking the link listed below. The example covers the following tasks:

• Open the RLC circuit as a project
• Display a schematic diagram of the design
• Set up and run a simulation
• View results in the waveform viewer
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Learning to use SystemVision - hands-on

One of the fastest ways to familiarize a new product is using it on a familiar application. For this example, an electrical circuit consisting of a resistor, inductor, and capacitor (RLC) connected in a series to a DC voltage source will be used.

In this example using SystemVision, the RLC and voltage source models are written in VHDL-AMS. These can be found in the standard library (EduLib) provided with SystemVision. The RLC circuit is in the installation directory. After you install SystemVision, you can load this design, run a simulation (time-domain analysis), and view the results within minutes.

The procedure for this is described in Chapter 2 of the Getting Started with SystemVision manual (choose the following: Help > SystemVision Online Manuals > Getting Started).