Intusoft Announces a Major Breakthrough for Mechanical and Systems Designers.SAN PEDRO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 1998--Intusoft Thursday announced the release of its Mechatronics (MECHAnics elecTRONICS) The combination of mechanical and electronic systems. Embracing robotics, industrial control systems and human interfaces in numerous disciplines, mechatronics is a major step beyond "electromechanical," in which only electricity is required. SPICE Model Library -- the first SPICE 3 based library containing a comprehensive set of models for mechanical, hydraulic, motor and mixed-technology applications (Table 1). Key models such as motors, spark gaps, pumps and valves, which are necessary for the successful simulation of automotive and other physical systems, are represented. It is compatible with Intusoft's native analog and mixed mode SPICE 3 based simulator -- ICAP/4 version 8.1.4 system for Windows 95 and NT. "Previous models were based almost exclusively on proprietary AHDL AHDL - Analog Hardware Design Language models and almost impossible for users to view, edit, understand and modify. Given Intusoft's IsSpice4's advanced behavioral modeling capabilities, coding of the new models in AHDL becomes unnecessary," stated Intusoft Vice President of Product Development Charles Hymowitz. The library is priced at $1,495 ($US). More information about the models, including a complete listing of the devices and their parameters, are available on the Intusoft Web site at www.intusoft.com. Screen images illustrating the types of simulations now possible are available (jpeg files at: http://www.intusoft.com/images/motorall.gif). Established in 1985, Intusoft is a leading supplier of circuit simulation and test synthesis software to Fortune 500 Electronics companies worldwide within the aerospace, automotive, semiconductor, biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. and military industries. Other Intusoft applications include the flagship product -- ICAP/4 Windows, an IsSpice simulation application program; Design Validator; Magnetics Designer; Test Designer; and RF and Power libraries. Programs run on PC, Windows, 95, NT, Macintosh and Power Macintosh. -0- Table 1 -- Listing of the Model Types in the New Mechatronics Library - Stimulus sources (step, impulse, ramp, 1-phase AC, 3-phase AC) - Drive controllers (PID controllers, DC/1 phase, 3-phase current/frequency) - Electro-mechanical actuators (behavioral motor+controller model, winding, permanent magnet DC-motor, separately excited DC-motor, series excited DC-motor, shunt excited DC-motor, compound excited DC-motor, 3-phase brushless DC-motor, 3-phase AC-induction motor, 1-phase AC-induction motor, 3-phase AC-synchronous motor with field winding on rotor or stator stator: see generator; motor, electric. , 3-phase AC-synchronous permanent magnet motor (brushless AC), 2-phase permanent magnet stepper motor, 3-phase permanent magnet stepper motor, 2-phase variable reluctance stepper motor, 3-phase variable reluctance stepper motor, 3-phase SR (switched reluctance) motor, solenoid solenoid (sō`lənoid'), device made of a long wire that has been wound many times into a tightly packed coil; it has the shape of a long cylinder. ) - Electro-hydraulic actuator models (fixed/variable displacement pump, hydraulic motor, chamber filled with hydraulic fluid, one-sided/2-sided hydraulic cylinder) - Mechanical models (gears: pin-rack gear with various types of backlash, gears with fixed carrier, spur gears with rotating carrier, 2D-gear model, Planar Bus models, flat belt segment with inertia, joint friction, slippage, and pretension, V-belt drive, synchronous (toothed) belt drive, chain drive, lead screw, ball screw, friction drive, brake model, clutch model, freewheel free·wheel n. also free wheel 1. A power-transmission device that allows the drive shaft of a motor vehicle to continue turning when its speed is greater than that of the engine shaft. 2. , cam model, cardan joint transmission (universal Hooke joint), lever with fixed pivot, pulleys) - Sensors (tachogenerator, encoder, accelerometer accelerometer Instrument that measures acceleration. Because it is difficult to measure acceleration directly, the device measures the force exerted by restraints placed on a reference mass to hold its position fixed in an accelerating body. , vibrometer, position controlled switch, potentiometer, 3-phase synchro syn·chro n. pl. syn·chros A selsyn. [Short for synchronous.] Noun 1. , 2-phase resolver) - Non-linear mathematical blocks (transport delay, limiters, dead band, Schmitt trigger relay, saturation model) - Translational mechanics models (general load, mass, gravity, damper, non-linear spring, friction (stiction (STatic frICTION) A type of hard disk failure in which the read/write heads stick to the platters. The lubricant used on certain drives heats up and liquifies. When the disk is turned off, it cools down and can become like a glue. + Coulomb coulomb (k  `lŏm) [for C. A. de Coulomb], abbr. coul or C, unit of electric charge. The absolute coulomb, the current U.S. + drag), flexible coupling, backlash, contacts) - Rotational and mixed rotational/translations mechanics models (rotational load, bobbin bobbin, implement on which thread is wound, used in sewing, spinning, weaving, and lace making. Sometimes the wooden spools of sewing thread are called bobbins. w/variable inertia, shaft, transformation from rotational to linear (including inertia, friction and slippage), unbalanced mass, eccentric rotating mass, centrifugal forces) - Planar mechanical models (planar mass, spring and damper, rotational joints/drives) - Hydraulic models (pipes, tanks, leaks, loss due to bend, orifice orifice /or·i·fice/ (or´i-fis) 1. the entrance or outlet of any body cavity. 2. any opening or meatus.orific´ial aortic orifice flow, gas loaded accumulator, pressure relief valves, hydraulic power drives) CONTACT: Intusoft, San Pedro Theresa Mack, Marketing Communications Manager 310/833-0710 Fax: 310/833-9658 E-mail: info@intusoft.com www.intusoft.com |
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