Rapid Application Development Tool Tesla for Fast Prototyping of Electrical Machines Peter van Duijsen 1 , Davor Gospodarić 2 1 Simulation Research P.O.Box 397, NL-2400 AJ, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands Tel: +31 172 492353, Fax: +31 172 492477 www.caspoc.com , e-mail: info@caspoc.com 2 Trimerics TRIMERICS GmbH Karl-Benz-Str. 19 D-70794 FILDERSTADT Tel +49 711 700 1400 email gospodaric@trimerics.com Abstract Designers of electrical machines and drives need a Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool during the design phase of an electrical machine in order to perform fast prototyping. Using the tool various prototypes of machines can be designed. I Introduction In this paper a Rapid Application Development tool is described for fast prototyping of Induction, DC, Permanent Magnet, Universal, Synchronous and BLDC Machines. Using the tool the designer can enter geometric data, material data and mechanical data, and obtain the performance of the machine such as speed-power, speed-efficiency, and speed- torque characteristics. Also simulation models are generated for testing the prototype in a system simulator, where it is connected to the power electronics, driving mechanics and the control of the drive. Figure 1: Coupling between the design tool and simulators