Altair is delighted to welcome Power Smart Control S.L. and its SmartCtrl software to the Altair Partner Alliance (APA). Within the APA, Power Smart Control will offer its ready-to-use SmartCtrl software tool that covers the specific, complex needs of designing the control (analog or digital) of power converters. 

SmartCtrl helps customers reduce the development time and effort associated with power converters’ control design tasks and will increase users’ understanding of the control design process. With it, Altair customers will now have a specialized tool to simplify complex tasks that until now, required a high degree of effort and knowledge. In addition, customers will be able to standardize work routines within their organization by establishing SmartCtrl as a reference tool for control design tasks within their teams and departments.

SmartCtrl’s top features and benefits include:

• Control Design for Power Converters: SmartCtrl is intended for power converters control design. Users can choose a predefined topology, import the frequency response, or define and incorporate transfer functions with the powerful Equation Editor, and from there, obtain the stability analysis and the entire control stage design in just a few clicks.
• Quick, Accurate Control Design: SmartCtrl's user-friendly interface and simple workflow allows users to develop fast, robust control design for any power converter.
• Import and Export Information Easily: SmartCtrl allows users to import transfer functions and export the transfer functions, waveforms, and transient responses to simulation tools such as Altair® PSIM™.
• Powerful Equation Editor: Users can define and incorporate their own customized compensator, sensor, and plant transfer functions – whether in S, Z, or multidomain combinations – in their designs.

Power Smart Control was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. The company has distributors in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and provides design and simulation software for countries all over the world.

“We are convinced that Altair's customers will enjoy having SmartCtrl within the APA because it is a unique tool for power electronics control design that will make their tasks easier and more efficient,” said Andrés Barrado, founder, Power Smart Control. “By joining the APA, we look forward to growing SmartCtrl’s worldwide presence and reaching new customers.”

To learn more about Power Smart Control and its SmartCtrl software tool, register for the register for the introductory APA webinar here.